The corpus record

ἑλκόω

elkoo

wound, lacerate

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Where it lives

Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ἑλκόω · helkoō — LSJ

wound, lacerate

wound, lacerate, E. Hec. 405; ἑ. ὄνυξιν Arist. HA 630a5, etc.

2 ulcerate, to suffer from wounds, sores, suppurate

ulcerate, βλέφαρα Hp. VM 19, al.:—Pass., of persons, to suffer from wounds or sores, Com.Adesp. 106.8, Ev.Luc. 16.20; of sores, suppurate, X. Eq. 1.5.

3 make an incision in

make an incision in a tree, Thphr. HP 4.16.1 (Pass.), CP 3.2.2 (Pass.).

metaph., ἑ. φρένας, οἴκους, E. Alc. 878 (lyr.), Supp. 223:—Pass., τὴν διάνοιαν ἑλκοῦσθαι Ph. 2.551.

In the wild

ἕλκους · helkous Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.11 (DIORISIS sentence 8226)
ἑλκῶσαί · helkōsai Euripides, Hecuba 405 (DIORISIS sentence 198)
ἥλκωσας · hēlkōsas Euripides, Suppliants *qhseu/s (DIORISIS sentence 133)

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