Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

αἱμοβόρος

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἱμοβόρος

Etym.: bora/

Sense

  1. blood-sucking, greedy of blood

Examples

  • ταῦτα ἀκούσασ ὁ αἱμοβόροσ καὶ φονώδησ καὶ παμμιαρώτατοσ Ἀντίοχοσ, ἐκέλευσε τὴν γλῶτταν αὐτοῦ ἐκτεμεῖν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 10:17)

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

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