αἱμορροΐς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αἱμο- (haimo-, blood) +‎ ῥέω (rhéō, to flow) +‎ -ίς (-ís). Also serves as the feminine of αἱμόρροος (haimórrhoos, flowing with blood).

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Noun

αἱμορροΐς • (haimorrhoḯsf (genitive αἱμορροΐδος); third declension

  1. (chiefly in the plural) veins liable to discharge blood, especially haemorrhoids, piles
  2. a kind of shellfish, perhaps Aporrhais pespelecani

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