στάζει γὰρ αὖ μοι φοίνιον τόδ᾽ἐκ βυθοῦ κηκῖον αἷμα → blood oozing from the deep wound, bloody gore drops oozing from the depths of my wound
2v. ἕρση.
ἔρσα: ἡ дор. = ἕρση.
ἔρσα, ἡ,I. dew, Lat. ros, Hom., etc.:—in pl. rain-drops, Il.II. metaph. of young and tender animals, Od.; cf. δρόσος.