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φοίνιος

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Ὁ δὲ μὴ δυνάμενος κοινωνεῖν ἢ μηδὲν δεόμενος δι' αὐτάρκειαν οὐθὲν μέρος πόλεως, ὥστε θηρίον θεός → Whoever is incapable of associating, or has no need to because of self-sufficiency, is no part of a state; so he is either a beast or a god

Aristotle, Politics, 1253a25
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Transliteration A: phoínios Transliteration B: phoinios Transliteration C: foinios Beta Code: foi/nios

English (LSJ)

α, ον, also ος, ον Pi.I.4(3).35(53):—poet.Adj., used for φόνιος, when the first syll. is to be long,

   A of or like blood, blood-red, αἷμα Od.18.97, A.Th.737(lyr.), S.Ph.783; δρόσος A.Ag.1390; φ. στάλαγμα, i. e. blood, S.Ant.1239.    II bloody, blood-stained, φ. ἀλκά, of Ajax, Pi.l.c.; φ. ξυνωρίς, prob. of public and private loss, A.Ag.643; χεὶρ φ. S.Aj.772; χεῖρες Id.OT466 (lyr.); κοπίς prob. for κόνις in Id.Ant. 601 (lyr.).    2 bloody, murderous, Σκύλλα A.Ch.614(lyr.); πέπληγμαι . . δήγματι (prob. δάκει) φοινίῳ Id.Ag.1164 (lyr.), cf. 1278; φ. Ἄρης S.El.96 (anap.); ἔχιδνα Id.Tr.770: metaph., φ. σάλος, of pestilence, Id.OT24, cf. Aj.352.—Rare in Com., Ar.Th.694.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1296] dreier, auch zweier Endgn, blutroth, dunkelroth; αἷμα Od. 18, 97, wie Aesch. Spt. 719; Soph. Phil. 772; dah. mit Blut, Mord besudelt, ξυνωρίς Aesch. Ag. 629; πρέπει παρηῒς φοινίοις ἀμυγμοῖς Ch. 24; χεῖρα φοινίαν Soph. Ai. 759, u. öfter; auch φλέβες, Ar. Th. 694; auch = blutdürstig, mörderisch, ἀλκά Pind. I. 3, 53, Σκύλλα Aesch. Ch. 605, Ἄρης Soph. El. 96; Eur. Phoen. 1013 I. A. 775 u. öfter.