Ἄπελος
ulcer
Translated by Jennifer Benedict21 Dec 2000Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a sore/wound; [sc. so named] through not drawing together [pelazein], but being open.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄπελος· τὸ ἕλκος· διὰ τὸ μὴ πελάζειν, ἀλλὰ διΐστασθαι.
Betacode
*)/apelos: to\ e(/lkos: dia\ to\ mh\ pela/zein, a)lla\ dii/+stasqai.
Notes
- Same entry in ps.-Zonaras; similar one elsewhere, e.g. (post-Suda) Etymologicum Magnum 331.5-6. The headword, a neuter noun, occurs in Callimachus (fr. 343).