Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φονολιβής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φονολιβής φονολιβές

Structure: φονολιβη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: li/bos

Sense

  1. blood-dripping, blood-reeking

Examples

  • ὥσπερ οὖν φονολιβεῖ τύχᾳ φρὴν ἐπιμαίνεται, λίποσ ἐπ’ ὀμμάτων αἵματοσ εὖ πρέπει· (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, choral, antistrophe 1 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. blood-dripping

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

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