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 • (haimatóeis) 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 haimatóeis	αἱμᾰτόεσσᾰ haimatóessa	αἱμᾰτόεν haimatóen	αἱμᾰτόεντε haimatóente	αἱμᾰτοέσσᾱ haimatoéssā	αἱμᾰτόεντε haimatóente	αἱμᾰτόεντες haimatóentes	αἱμᾰτόεσσαι haimatóessai	αἱμᾰτόεντᾰ haimatóenta
Genitive	αἱμᾰτόεντος haimatóentos	αἱμᾰτοέσσης haimatoéssēs	αἱμᾰτόεντος haimatóentos	αἱμᾰτοέντοιν haimatoéntoin	αἱμᾰτοέσσαιν haimatoéssain	αἱμᾰτοέντοιν haimatoéntoin	αἱμᾰτοέντων haimatoéntōn	αἱμᾰτοεσσῶν haimatoessôn	αἱμᾰτοέντων haimatoéntōn
Dative	αἱμᾰτόεντῐ haimatóenti	αἱμᾰτοέσσῃ haimatoéssēi	αἱμᾰτόεντῐ haimatóenti	αἱμᾰτοέντοιν haimatoéntoin	αἱμᾰτοέσσαιν haimatoéssain	αἱμᾰτοέντοιν haimatoéntoin	αἱμᾰτόεισῐ / αἱμᾰτόεισῐν haimatóeisi(n)	αἱμᾰτοέσσαις haimatoéssais	αἱμᾰτόεισῐ / αἱμᾰτόεισῐν haimatóeisi(n)
Accusative	αἱμᾰτόεντᾰ haimatóenta	αἱμᾰτόεσσᾰν haimatóessan	αἱμᾰτόεν haimatóen	αἱμᾰτόεντε haimatóente	αἱμᾰτοέσσᾱ haimatoéssā	αἱμᾰτόεντε haimatóente	αἱμᾰτόεντᾰς haimatóentas	αἱμᾰτοέσσᾱς haimatoéssās	αἱμᾰτόεντᾰ haimatóenta
Vocative	αἱμᾰτόεν haimatóen	αἱμᾰτόεσσᾰ haimatóessa	αἱμᾰτόεν haimatóen	αἱμᾰτόεντε haimatóente	αἱμᾰτοέσσᾱ haimatoéssā	αἱμᾰτόεντε haimatóente	αἱμᾰτόεντες haimatóentes	αἱμᾰτόεσσαι haimatóessai	αἱμᾰτόεντᾰ haimatóenta
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	αἱμᾰτοέντως haimatoéntōs			αἱμᾰτοέστερος haimatoésteros			αἱμᾰτοέστᾰτος haimatoéstatos
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