στάζει γὰρ αὖ μοι φοίνιον τόδ᾽ἐκ βυθοῦ κηκῖον αἷμα → blood oozing from the deep wound, bloody gore drops oozing from the depths of my wound
v. trans.
P. and V. λέγειν, φάναι, φάσκειν; see assent, confess.
