I.to make sore, cause to ulcerate (rare but class.).
I. Lit.: “nondum ulcerato Philocteta serpentis morsu,” Cic. Fat. 16, 36: “mantica cui lumbos onere ulceret,” Hor. S. 1, 6, 106.— *
II. Trop.: non ancilla tuum jecur ulceret ulla, i. e. wound with love, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 72.