αἱματόεις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hai̯.ma.tó.eːs/ → /ɛ.maˈto.is/ → /e.maˈto.is/

• (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

1. 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

2. suffused with blood, flushed
3. of the color of blood, blood-red
4. (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
		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