Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

αἱμοβαφής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἱμοβαφής αἱμοβαφές

Structure: αἱμοβαφη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ba/ptw

Sense

  1. bathed in blood

Examples

  • τοιαῦτ’ ἂν ἴδοισ σκηνῆσ ἔνδον χειροδάϊκτα σφάγι’ αἱμοβαφῆ, κείνου χρηστήρια τἀνδρόσ. (Sophocles, Ajax, choral, anapests4)

Synonyms

  1. bathed in blood

Similar forms

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

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