ἑλκόω,
wound, lacerate, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 405; ἑ. ὄνυξιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 630a5, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 ulcerate, βλέφαρα [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 19, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, of persons, to suffer from wounds or sores, [[ Comica Adespota 106.8, NT.Luke.16.20 ] NT]; of sores, suppurate, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 1.5. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 make an incision in a tree, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.16.1 (_passive_), “CP” 3.2.2 (_passive_). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, ἑ. φρένας, οἴκους, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 878 (Lyric poetry), “Supp.” 223 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τὴν διάνοιαν ἑλκοῦσθαι [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.551. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]