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Αἵματος ἆσαι Ἄρηα · to sate Ares with blood (αι 195) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near αι195

αι191dish, pan
αι192to weep blood, to weep in blood
αι193bloody
αι194blood-drinker
αι195to sate Ares with blood
αι196bloody-eyed
αι197blood-rich
αι198Aemilia, Aimilia
αι199Aemilianus, Aimilianos

Suda/ΑΙ alphaiota/αι195

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Αἵματος ἆσαι Ἄρηα

to sate Ares with blood

Translated by William Hutton11 Feb 2003Vetting: high7 revisions

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1 note · 37 words

Translation

[Meaning] to satisfy with blood.¹ Or to sully with blood and to scratch. For filth [a)/sh] [is] dirtiness. Hence also 'bathtub' [a)sa/minqos], in which they used to bathe, diminishing [minu/qontes] the filth. That is, reducing the dirtiness.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Αἵματος ἆσαι Ἄρηα· αἵματος κορέσαι. ἢ αἵματι μολῦναι καὶ χρῶσαι. ἄση γὰρ ἡ ῥυπαρία. ὅθεν καὶ ἀσάμινθος, ἐν ᾗ τὴν ἄσην μινύθοντες ἐλούοντο. ὅ ἐστι τὴν ῥυπαρίαν μειοῦντες.

Betacode

*ai(/matos a)=sai *)/arha: ai(/matos kore/sai. h)\ ai(/mati molu=nai kai\ xrw=sai. a)/sh ga\r h( r(upari/a. o(/qen kai\ a)sa/minqos, e)n h(=| th\n a)/shn minu/qontes e)lou/onto. o(/ e)sti th\n r(upari/an meiou=ntes.

Notes (1)

[1] Likewise in other lexica. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.289, where the headword phrase occurs (web address 1).
2See already alpha 4123, and again mu 1098.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from3 entries

α4123Ἀσάμινθοςbathtub[Meaning] a vat, a cauldron. In which the ancients used to wash themselves; for there were no bath-houses. [It is derived] from lessening [minu/qein] dirt [a)/sh].
α4135Ἆσαιto sate, to surfeit[Meaning] to satisfy; or to twitch/pluck.
α4141Ἄσηnausea[Meaning] vomit. And it is declined a)/shs [in the genitive]. Or pain. "And I am full of so much nausea and disgust both in body and soul, so that the burden [of it] even drives me to retching." That is [full] of vomit.

Neighbouring entries

αι193Αἱματόενταbloody αι194Αἱματοπότηςblood-drinker αι195Αἵματος ἆσαι Ἄρηαto sate Ares with blood αι196Αἱματωπόςbloody-eyed αι197Αἱμηρόνblood-rich

Revision history7 revisions · last 26 Nov 2015

26 Nov 2015cosmetics — David Whitehead
15 May 2012another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
23 Jul 2009added link — Catharine Roth
23 Jul 2009tweaks — David Whitehead
11 Feb 2003added notes — David Whitehead
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11 Feb 2003Translated — William Hutton

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Αἵματος ἆσαι Ἄρηα (Adler number alphaiota 195), trans. William Hutton, 11 Feb 2003. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alphaiota/195

Translation by William Hutton for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗