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αἱματώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἱματώδης αἱματώδες

Structure: αἱματωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. blood-red

Examples

  • πολλάκισ δ’ ἐν νόσοισ ἡ φύσισ διὰ μὲν τῶν αὐτῶν δήπου φλεβῶν τὸ πᾶν ἐκκαθαίρει ζῷον, οὐ μὴν αἱματώδησ γ’ ἡ κένωσισ αὐτοῖσ, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὸν λυποῦντα γίγνεται χυμόν. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., G, section 1332)
  • ὁ γὰρ ποταμὸσ αὐτοῖσ αἱματώδησ θεοῦ κελεύσαντοσ ἐρρύη πίνεσθαι μὴ δυνάμενοσ, καὶ πηγὴν ἑτέραν ὑδάτων οὐκ ἔχουσιν οὐ τὴν χρόαν μόνον ἦν τοιοῦτοσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖσ πειρωμένοισ ἀλγήματα καὶ πικρὰν ὀδύνην προσέφερεν. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 2 368:1)

Synonyms

  1. blood-red

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

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