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αἱμάς

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἱμάς

Structure: αἱμ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: ai(=ma

Sense

  1. a gush or stream of blood

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative αἱμάς αἱμᾱ́ αἱμαί
Genitive αἱμοῦ αἱμαῖν αἱμῶν
Dative αἱμῇ αἱμαῖν αἱμαῖς
Accusative αἱμήν αἱμᾱ́ αἱμᾱ́ς
Vocative αἱμά αἱμᾱ́ αἱμαί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐκ δὲ Ὀδησσοῦ ἐσ τοῦ Αἵμου τὰσ ὑπωρείασ, αἳ δὴ ἐσ τὸν Πόντον καθήκουσιν, στάδιοι τριακόσιοι ἑξήκοντα. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 24 6:4)
  • ἐκ δὲ τοῦ Αἵμου ἐσ Μεσημβρίαν πόλιν ἐνενήκοντα· (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 24 7:2)
  • καὶ ἐνταῦθα ἀπήντων αὐτῷ κατὰ τὰ στενὰ τῆσ ἀνόδου τῆσ ἐπὶ τὸ ὄροσ τῶν τε % ἐμπόρων πολλοὶ ὡπλισμένοι καὶ οἱ Θρᾷκεσ οἱ αὐτόνομοι, παρεσκευασμένοι εἴργειν τοῦ πρόσω κατειληφότεσ τὴν ἄκραν τοῦ Αἴμου τὸν στόλον, παῤ ἣν ἦν τῷ στρατεύματι ἡ πάροδοσ. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 1, chapter 1 6:1)
  • αὐτὸσ δὲ τὸ ἄκρον ὑπερβαλὼν προῄει διὰ τοῦ Αἴμου ἐσ Τριβαλλούσ, καὶ ἀφικνεῖται ἐπὶ τὸν Λύγινον ποταμόν· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 1, chapter 2 1:2)
  • οὗτοι μὲν αὐθιγενέεσ Σκυθικοὶ ποταμοὶ συμπληθύουσι αὐτόν, ἐκ δὲ Ἀγαθύρσων Μάρισ ποταμὸσ ῥέων συμμίσγεται τῷ Ἴστρῳ, ἐκ δὲ τοῦ Αἵμου τῶν κορυφέων τρεῖσ ἄλλοι μεγάλοι ῥέοντεσ πρὸσ βορέην ἄνεμον ἐσβάλλουσι ἐσ αὐτόν, Ἄτλασ καὶ Αὔρασ καὶ Τίβισισ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 49 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. a gush or stream of blood

Related

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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