αἱματόεις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) +‎ -εις (-eis, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hai̯.ma.tó.eːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ɛ.maˈto.is/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛ.maˈto.is/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.maˈto.is/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.maˈto.is/

Adjective

αἱμᾰτόεις • (haimătóeis) m (feminine αἱμᾰτόεσσᾰ, neuter αἱμᾰτόεν); first/third declension

covered or mingled with blood, bloody, bloodstained, bleeding
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.82:
  αἱματόεσσα δὲ χεὶρ πεδίῳ πέσε· ...
  haimatóessa dè kheìr pedíōi pése; ...
  and the arm dropped to the ground bleeding
suffused with blood, flushed
of the color of blood, blood-red
(figurative) bloody: murderous, violent

Inflection

First and third declension of αἱμᾰτόεις; αἱμᾰτόεσσᾰ; αἱμᾰτόεν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	αἱμᾰτόεις haimătóeis	αἱμᾰτόεσσᾰ haimătóessă	αἱμᾰτόεν haimătóen	αἱμᾰτόεντε haimătóente	αἱμᾰτοέσσᾱ haimătoéssā	αἱμᾰτόεντε haimătóente	αἱμᾰτόεντες haimătóentes	αἱμᾰτόεσσαι haimătóessai	αἱμᾰτόεντᾰ haimătóentă
Genitive	αἱμᾰτόεντος haimătóentos	αἱμᾰτοέσσης haimătoéssēs	αἱμᾰτόεντος haimătóentos	αἱμᾰτοέντοιν haimătoéntoin	αἱμᾰτοέσσαιν haimătoéssain	αἱμᾰτοέντοιν haimătoéntoin	αἱμᾰτοέντων haimătoéntōn	αἱμᾰτοεσσῶν haimătoessôn	αἱμᾰτοέντων haimătoéntōn
Dative	αἱμᾰτόεντῐ haimătóentĭ	αἱμᾰτοέσσῃ haimătoéssēi	αἱμᾰτόεντῐ haimătóentĭ	αἱμᾰτοέντοιν haimătoéntoin	αἱμᾰτοέσσαιν haimătoéssain	αἱμᾰτοέντοιν haimătoéntoin	αἱμᾰτόεισῐ / αἱμᾰτόεισῐν haimătóeisĭ(n)	αἱμᾰτοέσσαις haimătoéssais	αἱμᾰτόεισῐ / αἱμᾰτόεισῐν haimătóeisĭ(n)
Accusative	αἱμᾰτόεντᾰ haimătóentă	αἱμᾰτόεσσᾰν haimătóessăn	αἱμᾰτόεν haimătóen	αἱμᾰτόεντε haimătóente	αἱμᾰτοέσσᾱ haimătoéssā	αἱμᾰτόεντε haimătóente	αἱμᾰτόεντᾰς haimătóentăs	αἱμᾰτοέσσᾱς haimătoéssās	αἱμᾰτόεντᾰ haimătóentă
Vocative	αἱμᾰτόεν haimătóen	αἱμᾰτόεσσᾰ haimătóessă	αἱμᾰτόεν haimătóen	αἱμᾰτόεντε haimătóente	αἱμᾰτοέσσᾱ haimătoéssā	αἱμᾰτόεντε haimătóente	αἱμᾰτόεντες haimătóentes	αἱμᾰτόεσσαι haimătóessai	αἱμᾰτόεντᾰ haimătóentă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	αἱμᾰτοέντως haimătoéntōs			αἱμᾰτοέστερος haimătoésteros			αἱμᾰτοέστᾰτος haimătoéstătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“αἱματόεις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“αἱματόεις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“αἱματόεις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
αἱματόεις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963