φοινικόεις

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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.]