- ἕλκος
- ἕλκοςGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `wound, ulcer' (Il.).Compounds: As 1. member in ἑλκο-ποιός `making wounds' (A.) with ἑλκοποιέω (Aeschin.).Derivatives: Dimin. ἑλκύδριον (Hp., Ar.; on the suffix Chantr. Form. 72f.); ἑλκώδης `ulcerated' (Hp., E.), ἑλκήεις `id.' (Man.); denomin. verbs: ἑλκόομαι, -όω `fester', act. `wound' (Hp., E.; also with prefix: ἀν-, ἀφ-, ἐξ-, ἐφ-, καθ-, προ-); from it (ἀφ-, ἐξ-, ἐφ-)ἕλκωσις `festering' (Hp., Th.) with ἑλκωτικός, ἕλκωμα `wound, ulcer' (Hp., Thphr.) with ἑλκωματικός; from ἐφελκόομαι also ἐφελκίς `scab of a wound' (medic.); ἑλκαίνω `fester' (A. Ch. 843) with postverbal ἕλκανα τραύματα H. (not correct Benveniste Origines 16); also ἑλκανῶσα ἡλκωμένη η ἡλκοποιημένη ὑπὸ πυρός H. (Schwyzer 700).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [310] *h₁elḱ-os `ulcer'Etymology: Old noun, identical with Lat. ulcus (\< *elkos) `ulcer', Skt. árśas- n. `haemorrhoids'. The spir. asper from ἕλκω?Page in Frisk: 1,496-497
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.