ἀφαιμάσσω
From LSJ
τὸ δὲ ποιεῖν ἄνευ νοῦ ἃ δοκεῖ καὶ σὺ ὁμολογεῖς κακὸν εἶναι: ἢ οὔ → but doing what one thinks fit without intelligence is—as you yourself admit, do you not?—an evil
English (LSJ)
Att. ἀφαιμάττω,
A draw blood, of leeches, Sor.2.11; bleed, Hippiatr.69.
German (Pape)
[Seite 406] zur Ader lassen, Hippocr.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀφαιμάσσω: Ἀττ. -ττω: μέλλ. -ξω, ἀφαιρῶ αἷμα, φλεβοτομῶ, Βυζ.
Spanish (DGE)
1 chupar sangre las sanguijuelas, de ahí hacer una sangría Sor.101.11, ἀπ' αὐχένος Hippiatr.69.17.
2 fig. chupar la sangre, dejar sin dinero, Com.Adesp. en Hsch.s.u. ἀφαιμᾶσαι.
