ἕλκος

See also: έλκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱos (wound, illness, ulcer), from the root *h₁elḱ-. Cognate with Latin ulcus (ulcer) and Sanskrit अर्शस् (árśas, hemorrhoids)). The non-etymological spiritus asper is usually explained by the folk-etymological influence of ἕλκω (hélkō, to drag).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἕλκος • (hélkos) n (genitive ἕλκεος or ἕλκους); third declension

  1. An open wound, an injury
  2. A cut in a tree

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀνελκής (anelkḗs, free from ulceration)
  • ἀνελκόομαι (anelkóomai, suppurate afresh)
  • ἀφελκόω (aphelkóō, make an incision, tap)
  • δυσελκής (duselkḗs, unfavourable for healing)
  • ἑλκαίνω (helkaínō, fester)
  • ἑλκήεις (helkḗeis, full of ulcers)
  • ἑλκόομαι (helkóomai)
  • ἑλκοποιέω (helkopoiéō, make wounds)
  • ἑλκοποιός (helkopoiós, wounding)
  • ἑλκόω (helkóō, wound, lacerate)
  • ἑλκύδριον n (helkúdrion, slight sore)
  • ἑλκώδης (helkṓdēs, like a wound)
  • ἕλκωμα n (hélkōma, sore, ulcer)
  • ἑλκωματικός (helkōmatikós, causing sores)
  • ἕλκωσις f (hélkōsis, ulceration)
  • ἑλκωτικός (helkōtikós, causing sores)
  • ἐξελκόω (exelkóō, cause sores in)
  • ἐξέλκωσις f (exélkōsis, -causing of sores in)
  • ἐφελκόομαι (ephelkóomai, break out into sores)
  • ἐφέλκωσις f (ephélkōsis, ulceration)
  • καθελκόομαι (kathelkóomai, break out into sores)
  • κακελκής (kakelkḗs, having an ulcer)
  • κακοελκής (kakoelkḗs, badly festering)
  • πολυελκής (poluelkḗs, with many sores)
  • προελκόομαι (proelkóomai, be ulcerated before)
  • προεξελκόω (proexelkóō, exulcerate before)

Unrelated to the derived words from ἕλκω (hélkō, I drag).

Descendants

  • Greek: έλκος (élkos) (learned)

References

  1. Solmsen, Felix (1894) Studien zur lateinischen Lautgeschichte (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, page 18, footnote 1
  2. Chantraine, Pierre (1968–1980) “ἕλκος”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Paris: Klincksieck, page 339b
  3. Frisk, Hjalmar (1960) “ἕλκος”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, pages 496–497
  4. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 412

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