ἕλκος
helkos
wound
Appears 27 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἕλκος, εος, τό, A. wound, Il. 4.190, al. (never in Od.), P. 2.91, Tr. 1232 (pl.), etc. 2. festering wound, sore, ulcer, ἕ. ὕδρου the festering bite of a serpent, Il. 2.723; plague-ulcer, 2.49, Eq. 5.1, etc. ( 10.232 defines ἕ. as ἡ τῆς συνεχείας λύσις ἐν σαρκώδει μορίῳ, and both 1.1 and 1.2 are treated in Ulc.; ἕ. is applied to amputations in Art. 68.) II. metaph., wound, loss, 4.17, Ant. 652,al.; ἕ. δήμιον Ag. 640; ὑποκάρδιον ἕ. 11.15; γίγνεται ἕ. ἐφʼ ἕλκει Ep. 1063.6. (Orig. ἔλκος, cf. Lat.ulcus, Skt.árśas (n.) ‘haemorrhoidʼ: ἕ- by influence of ἕλκω.)
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