φοίνιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, also ος, ον Pi.''I.''4(3).35(53):—poet.Adj., used for [[φόνιος]], when the first [[syllable]] is to be long,<br><span class="bld">A</span> of or [[like blood]], [[blood-red]], αἷμα Od.18.97, A.''Th.''737(lyr.), S.''Ph.''783; δρόσος A.''Ag.''1390; <b class="b3">φ. στάλαγμα</b>, i.e. blood, S.''Ant.''1239.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[bloody]], [[blood-stained]], <b class="b3">φ. ἀλκά</b>, of Ajax, Pi.l.c.; <b class="b3">φ. ξυνωρίς</b>, prob. of public and private loss, A.''Ag.''643; χεὶρ φ. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''772; χεῖρες Id.''OT''466 (lyr.); [[κοπίς]] prob. for [[κόνις]] in Id.''Ant.'' 601 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[bloody]], [[murderous]], Σκύλλα A.''Ch.''614(lyr.); <b class="b3">πέπληγμαι.. δήγματι</b> (prob. [[δάκει]]) φοινίῳ Id.''Ag.''1164 (lyr.), cf. 1278; φ. Ἄρης S.''El.''96 (anap.); ἔχιδνα Id.''Tr.''770: metaph., <b class="b3">φ. σάλος</b>, of pestilence, Id.''OT''24, cf. ''Aj.''352.—Rare in Com., Ar.''Th.''694.