ἕλκος

helkos

wound

Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Republic 2
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Book VII 2
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533d2
538d2
Alcibiades I 1
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115b9
Ion 1
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536a2
Laws 1
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Book IX 1
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877a5
Phaedrus 1
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254d7

Dictionary (LSJ)

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

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