wound (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. vulnus, ĕris, n. (inflicted by a weapon or sharp instrument)2. plāga (a blow meant to injure)3. ulcus, ĕris, n. (sore from a w.)4. cĭcatrix, īcis, f. (scar) • wound (subs.): 1. vulnus, ĕris, n. (inflicted by a weapon or sharp instrument): after giving and receiving many w.s, multis et illatis et acceptis vulneribus, Caes. B. G. 1, 50: to suffer w.s for one's country, pro patria vulnera excipere, Cic. Sest. 10, 23: defend our leaves from the w. of the sharp knife, ab acutae vulnere falcis frondes defendite nostras, Ov. M. 9, 383: the w.s which he inflicted on the state, the same he cured, quae reipublicae vulnera imponebat eadem ille sanabat, Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 66. 2. plāga (a blow meant to injure): to inflict a deadly w., mortiferam plagam infligere, id. Vat. 8, 20: Fig.: this w. is less painful from a friend, haec plaga levior est ab amico, id. Fam. 9, 16, 7. 3. ulcus, ĕris, n. (sore from a w.): unhealed w.s, incurata ulcera, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 24. 4. cĭcatrix, īcis, f. (scar): to show his w.s in front, cicatrices adversas ostendere, Cic. de Or. 2, 28, 124: to reopen a w. already closed, refricare obductam jam cicatricem, id. Agr. 3, 2, 4.