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ὠτειλή

ὠτειλή, a wound

ὠτειλ-ή, ἡ,
  • wound, esp. a fresh, open wound, Il. (acc. to Ammon. Diff. pp. 104,144, opp. οὐλή) ; δεῖξεν . . αἷμα καταρρέον ἐξ ὠτειλῆς Il. 5.870; αἷμʼ ἔτι θερμὸν ἀνήνοθεν ἐξ ὠ. 11.266, cf. 17.297; δόρυ χάλκεον ἐξ ὠ. εἴρυσε 16.862; ὠτειλὴν . . δῆσαν ἐπισταμένως Od. 19.456;—Aristarch. considered ὠτειλή as restricted in Hom. to a wound inflicted hand to hand, not by a missile, χαλκοτύπους ὠ. Il. 19.25, and therefore he rejected as spurious 4.140, 149, cf. Sch. Il. 4.140, 11.266, 18.351.
    • II after Hom. (esp. in Hp.) generally, wound, whether recent or not, κίνδυνος ἂν εἴη συρραγῆναι τὰς ὠ. Hp. Art. 11; also, the mark of a wound, scar, ὅταν τὰ ἕλκεα ἐς ὠτειλὰς ἴῃ ibid., cf. Ruf. Ren.Ves. Praef.: ulcer, Gal. 19.157:—once in X., τὰ μὲν ἔπαθεν, ὧν τὰς ὠτειλὰς [φανερὰς add. codd. plerique] εἶχεν An. 1.9.6, cf. Plu. Cor. 14, 2.276d, Jul. Caes. 309c. (Prob. fr. οὐτάω (so Sch.A Il. 14.518); cf. οὐταμένη ὠτειλή Il. 14.518, 17.86; Aeol. ὀτέλλα (sic) Jo.Gramm. Comp. (in Hoffmann Die griechischen Dialekte ii.488); cf. γατειλαί (for ϝατ-) and βωτ[ε]άζειν).)

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