φοινικόεις
καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
English (LSJ)
εσσα, εν, (
A φοῖνιξ B. 1) = φοινίκεος, dark-red, purple or crimson, χλαῖνα Il.10.133, Od.14.500; ἡνία Hes.Sc.95; σμώδιγγες . . αἵματι φοινικόεσσαι red with blood, Il.23.717; αἵματι φοινικόεις Hes.Sc.194. [In Hom. and Hes. φοινικόεσσαι, -όεσσαν, -όεντα, must be pronounced as if contracted, cf. Nonn.D.41.352.]
German (Pape)
[Seite 1296] όεσσα, όεν, poet. statt φοινίκεος, purpurroth, dunkelroth; Il. 10, 133 Od. 14, 500. 21, 118; Hes. Sc. 95; αἵματι φοιν., mit Blut geröthet, Il. 23, 717; Hes. Sc. 194. [In diesen Stellen des Hom. u. des Hes. ist entweder ι des Verses wegen kurz gebraucht, oder, was wahrscheinlicher ist, die 3. und 4. Sylbe sind in eine zusammenzuziehen, vgl. Heine zu Il. 10, 133.]
