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αἷμα

αἷμα, blood

αἷμα, ατος, τό,
  • blood, Il. 1.303, etc.; φόνος αἵματος 16.162; ψυχῆς ἄκρατον αἷμα S. El. 786: in pl., streams of blood, A. Ag. 1293, S. Ant. 121, E. El. 1172, Alc. 496.
      • 2 of anything like blood, Βακχίου Tim. Fr. 7; αἷ. σταφυλῆς LXX Si. 39.26, cf. App.Anth. 3.166 (Procl.).
        • b dye obtained from ἄγχουσα, alkanet, PHolm. 15.25, PLeid.X. 99.3.
      • 3 with collat. meaning of spirit, courage, οὐκ ἔχων αἷμα pale, spiritless Aeschin. 3.160; τοὺς αἷμα φάσκοντας τὴν ψυχήν Arist. de An. 405b4.
    • II bloodshed, murder, A. Ch. 520, S. OT 101; ὅμαιμον αἷ. a kinsmanʼs murder, A. Supp. 449; εἴργασται μητρῷον αἷ. E. Or. 285, cf. 406; αἶ. πράττειν ib. 1139; αἷμα συγγενὲς κτείνας S. Fr. 799.3; αἷμα τραγοκτόνον shedding of goatʼs blood, E. Ba. 139; ἐφʼ αἵματι φεύγειν to avoid trial for murder by going into exile, SIG 58 (Milet., V B.C.), D. 21.105; αἷμα συγγενὲς φεύγων E. Supp. 148: pl. in this sense, A. Ch. 66, 650, freq. in E., never in S.; αἵματα σύγγονα brothers’ corpses, E. Ph. 1502:—concrete, νεακόνητον αἷ. keen-edged death, i. e. a sword, S. El. 1394 (expl. by μάχαιρα, Hsch.).
    • III blood relationship, kin, αἷ. τε καὶ γένος Od. 8.583; αἵματός εἰς ἀγαθοῖο 4.611; οΐ σῆς ἐξ αἵματός εἰσι γενέθλης Il. 19.111; τὸ αἷ. τινος his blood or origin, Pi. N. 11.34; αἷ. ἐμφύλιον incestuous kinship, S. OT 1406; τοὺς πρὸς αἵματος Id. Aj. 1305, cf. Arist. Pol. 1262a11; μητρὸς τῆς ἐμῆς ἐν αἵματι akin to her by blood, A. Eu. 606, cf. Th. 141; ἀφʼ αἵματος ὑμετέρου S. OC 245.
      • 2 concrete, of a person, ὦ Διὸς . . αἷμα IG 14.1003.1, cf. 1389 ii4, etc.

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