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ἕλκος

elkos

wound, ulcer

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Where it lives

Against Simon 2 · 9.18/10k
Apollodorus Against Nicostratus 1 · 5/10k
On the Sacred Disease 2 · 4.36/10k
De aere aquis et locis 3 · 4.05/10k
Against Conon 1 · 3.15/10k
Antigone 2 · 2.73/10k
Philoctetes 2 · 2.27/10k
Revelation 2 · 2.02/10k
Iliad 22 · 1.97/10k
Exodus 4 · 1.69/10k
Leviticus 3 · 1.6/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k

Densest 12 of 25 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ἔλκος · elkos — Beekes

ἔλκος ([n.] ‘wound, ulcer’ (I1.). *COMP As a first member in ἑλκο-ποιός ‘making wounds’ (A.) with ἑλκοποιέω (Aeschin.). *DER Diminutive ἑλκύδριον (Ηρ. Ars on the suffix Chantraine 1933: 72f.); ἑλκώδης ‘ulcerated’ (Hp., E.), ἑλκήεις 4. (Man.); denominative verbs: ἑλκόομαι ‘to fester’, -ow ‘to wound’ (Hp., E.; also with prefix: av-, ag-, ἐξ-, ἐφ-, καθ-, mpo-); thence (ἀφ-, ἐξ-, Ep-)EAKwotc … — [Beekes, s.v. ἔλκος, p. 459]

2. ἕλκος · helkos — Chantraine

ἕλκος : π΄ « blessure à vif, ulcère » (ZE, ion.-att.), bien distingué de πληγή et οὐλὴ, parfois employé au figuré. — [Chantraine, s.v. ἕλκος, p. 353]

3. Ἕλκος · Helkos — Chantraine

Ἕλκος figure comme premier terme de composé sous la forme Ëkxo- dans ἑλχο-ποιός «qui blesse» (Æsch.), d’où ἐλκο-ποιέω (Æschin.). Au second terme le thème en 8 est apparent dans les adjectifs médicaux ἀνελκῆς, δυσ-, etc. Dérivés : diminutif ἑλκύδριον (Hp. Ar.), avec un suffixe peu clair, cf. Chantraine, Formation 72 sqq. Adijectifs ἑλκώδης sulcéreux» (Hp, E.), eulcéré » (Plb.); ἑλκήεις « ulcéreux » (poétique, Man.). … — [Chantraine, s.v. Ἕλκος, p. 353]

4. ἕλκος · helkos — Frisk

ἕλκος. Das Komp. ἐφελκίς kommt nicht von ἐφελκόομαι, sondern ist zu ἕλκος gebildet wie z.B. περι-σπελίς zu ax£loc. — Näheres über ἕλκος bei Dönt Terminologie von Geschwür 39-45. — [Frisk, s.v. ἕλκος, p. 2212]

5. ἕλκος · helkos — LSJ

wound

wound, Il. 4.190, al. (never in Od.), Pi. P. 2.91, E. Tr. 1232 (pl.), etc.

2 festering wound, sore, ulcer, the festering bite, plague-ulcer

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 wound, loss

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.)

In the wild

ἕλκος · helkos Aeschylus, Agamemnon 638–643
ἕλκη · helkē Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1723)
ἕλκους · helkous Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
ἑλκῶν · helkōn Demosthenes, Against Conon Narr.11 (DIORISIS sentence 38)
ἕλκη · helkē Demosthenes, Apollodorus Against Nicostratus 8 (DIORISIS sentence 21)
ἕλκος · helkos Demosthenes, On the False Embassy Concl.255 (DIORISIS sentence 901)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἕλκος (scan p. 459; entry #2023).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἕλκος (scan p. 353; entry #2435).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἕλκος (scan p. 2212; entry #7000).

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