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ἴσχαιμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἴσχαιμος ἴσχαιμον

Structure: ἰσχαιμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: i)/sxw, ai(=ma

Sense

  1. staunching blood

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ σύ γε πάντωσ τὸ τραῦμα ἰάσαι μικρὸν ἐπιπάσασ τοῦ χρυσίου δεινῶσ γὰρ ἴσχαιμόν ἐστι τὸ φάρμακον. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 45:14)
  • κενώσαν τα δὲ ὁκόσον χρή· ἑ̓́στω δὲ πλῆθοσ ἐσ κοτύλησ τὸ ἥμισυ·̓ μάσσειν σπόγγοισι καὶ ὀξυκρήτῳ , ἢ ξηρόν τι ἴσχαιμον ἐμφυσῆν, κηκῖδα, ἢ σχιστὴν στυπτηρίην, ἢ βαλαύστιον. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 42)
  • Ἴσχαιμον. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 27.1)

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

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