αἱματόεις

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From αἷμα (haîma, blood) +‎ -εις (-eis, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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αἱμᾰτόεις (haimatóeism (feminine αἱμᾰτόεσσᾰ, neuter αἱμᾰτόεν); first/third declension

  1. covered or mingled with blood, bloody, bloodstained, bleeding
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.82:
      αἱματόεσσα δὲ χεὶρ πεδίῳ πέσε· ...
      haimatóessa dè kheìr pedíōi pése; ...
      and the arm dropped to the ground bleeding
  2. suffused with blood, flushed
  3. of the color of blood, blood-red
  4. (figurative) bloody: murderous, violent

Inflection

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References

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  • αἱματόεις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • αἱματόεις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • αἱματόεις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • αἱματόεις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963