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ἕλκος

Alt. ἕλκος, εος,

Etym. ἕλκω

I. "a wound", Il., attic

2. "a festering wound", ἕλκος ὕδρου "the festering bite" of a serpent, Il.: "of plague-ulcers", Thuc.

II. metaph. "a wound, loss", Aesch., Soph.