Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλαίματος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλαίματος φιλαίματον

Structure: φιλαιματ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ai(=ma

Sense

  1. bloodthirsty

Examples

  • καί σ’ ἀμφὶ γῆν μὲν πατρίαν φιλαιμάτουσ ἀλκὰσ κορύσσοντ’ οὐκ ἐδείμαινον θανεῖν· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, antistrophe 1 2:4)

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

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