ἀφαιμάσσω
From LSJ
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
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.
Greek Monolingual
ἀφαιμάσσω και -ττω (Α)
κάνω αφαίμαξη, αφαιρώ αίμα από κάποιον.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < αφ- (< απο-) + αιμάσσω (-ττω)].
