quintessence

From LSJ

στάζει γὰρ αὖ μοι φοίνιον τόδ᾽ἐκ βυθοῦ κηκῖον αἷμαblood oozing from the deep wound, bloody gore drops oozing from the depths of my wound

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

best part: P. and V. ἄνθος, τό, ἀκμή, ἡ.