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Ἕλκος · ulcer (ε 882) · Suda

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ε878we should come, we would come, let us come
ε879robe-dragging
ε880a seducer drags into a seducer
ε881drawing
ε882ulcer
ε883Elmesos, Elmesus
ε884will draw
ε885lobe-ornaments
ε886abused

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Ἕλκος

ulcer

Translated by William Hutton12 Feb 2007Vetting: high3 revisions

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2 notes · 33 words

Translation

[Meaning] a wound that lasts a long time.¹
[So named] from the fact that after the wounding [the flesh of] the body is drawn apart [e(/lkesqai].²
"And his whole body erupted in ulcers."³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἕλκος· τὸ τραῦμα τὸ χρονίσαν. ἀπὸ τοῦ μετὰ τὴν τρῶσιν ἕλκεσθαι τὸ σῶμα. καὶ τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ πᾶν ἑλκῶν ἐξέζεσεν.

Betacode

*(/elkos: to\ trau=ma to\ xroni/san. a)po\ tou= meta\ th\n trw=sin e(/lkesqai to\ sw=ma. kai\ to\ sw=ma au)tou= pa=n e(lkw=n e)ce/zesen.

Notes (2)

[1] The wording of this is similar to Lexica Segueriana 216.19 Bachmann, although there the lexicographer specifies that the specification 'lasts a long time' pertains to contemporary usage. The headword itself first occurs at Homer, Iliad 4.190, and 'wound' is the gloss of the D scholia there.
2Similar etymologies are offered by, e.g. Etymologicum Magnum 120.38, Etymologicum Gudianum epsilon458. ↩
3Ascribed to Aelian (fr. 249 Hercher, 247 Domingo-Forasté) and quoted again at epsilon 1597, with slightly different wording and, more importantly, 'her whole body' standing in place of 'his whole body'. Hercher emended e(lkw=n ('wounds') to eu)lw=n ('worms'), apparently on the basis of Herodotos 4.205 (web address 1); there it is a woman, queen Pheretime (epsilon 1006, epsilon 3559, phi 220), who suffers the affliction in question.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

ε1597Ἐξέζεσενboiled over[Meaning he/she/it] was filled. "And her entire body boiled over with ulcers."
η253Ἥλκωσαιyou have been wounded[Meaning] you have been pierced. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] h(lkwme/nos ["wounded"].

Neighbouring entries

ε880Ἕλκει μοιχὸς εἰς μοιχόνa seducer drags into a seducer ε881Ἑλκηθμόςdrawing ε882Ἕλκοςulcer ε883ἘλμησόςElmesos, Elmesus ε884Ἕλξειwill draw

Revision history3 revisions · last 21 Dec 2015

21 Dec 2015expanded n.1; another keyword — David Whitehead
14 Aug 2012another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
12 Feb 2007more x-refs; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
12 Feb 2007Translated — William Hutton

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἕλκος (Adler number epsilon 882), trans. William Hutton, 12 Feb 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/882

Translation by William Hutton for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗