αἵματος ῥυέντος ἐκχλοιοῦνται → when the blood runs, they turn pale
excūsātus: (excuss-), a, um, Part. and P. a., from excuso.
excūsātus,¹³ a, um, part. p. de excuso || adjt, excusé : -tior Plin. Min. Ep. 8, 14, 11 ; -tissimus Sen. Vita b. 2, 1.