blood

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. αἷμα, τό, V. φόνος, ὁ; see murder.

be related by blood: P. and V. γένει προσήκειν; see descent, relationship.

the barbed weapons of the men drew no blood: V. τοῖς μὲν γὰρ οὐχ ᾕμασσε λογχωτὸν βέλος (Eur., Bacchae 761).

in cold blood: P. and V. ἐκ προνοίας (lit., of set purpose).

stain with blood, verb transitive: P. and V. αἱματοῦν (Thuc. in pass.), καθαιμάσσειν (Plato), Ar. and V. καθαιματοῦν, V. φοινίσσειν, ἐκφοινίσσειν, αἱμάσσειν.