, Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 9.—B.Transf., of trees, an excrescence, Plin. 17, 24, 37, 227: montium hulcera, i. e.
marble quarries
, id. 36, 15, 24, 125.—II.Trop.: ulcus (i. e. amor) enim vivescit et inveterascit alendo, Lucr. 4, 1068: quicquid horum attigeris, ulcus est, it will prove a sore place, i. e. will turn out absurd, Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 104: si tu in hoc ulcere tamquam inguen exsisteres, id. Dom. 5, 12.