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Αἱμοβόρος · bloodsucking (αι 203) · Suda

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Near αι203

αι199Aemilianus, Aimilianos
αι200Aemilius
αι201Haimillos, Haemillus
αι202blood-basin
αι203bloodsucking
αι204Haimonia, Haemonia
αι205Haimonios, Haemonius
αι206blood-flower
αι207blood-drinker

Suda/ΑΙ alphaiota/αι203

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Αἱμοβόρος

bloodsucking

Translated by William Hutton2 Jan 2003Vetting: high8 revisions

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6 words

Translation

[Meaning] he who/that which eats blood.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Αἱμοβόρος· ὁ αἷμα ἐσθίων.

Betacode

*ai(mobo/ros: o( ai(=ma e)sqi/wn.

Notes

Both literal and figurative senses of this adjective are attested; for the latter see e.g. 4 Maccabees 10.17 LXX (of Antiochus).
Hesychius alpha1954 has a parallel entry but for the genitive case.

Neighbouring entries

αι201ΑἵμιλλοςHaimillos, Haemillus αι202Αἵμνιονblood-basin αι203Αἱμοβόροςbloodsucking αι204ΑἱμονίαHaimonia, Haemonia αι205ΑἱμόνιοςHaimonios, Haemonius

Revision history8 revisions · last 26 Nov 2015

26 Nov 2015coding — David Whitehead
20 Mar 2015added a keyword — Catharine Roth
20 Mar 2015 — David Whitehead
23 May 2012coding — Catharine Roth
15 May 2012another note; more keywords — David Whitehead
2 Jan 2003added note and keyword — David Whitehead
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2 Jan 2003Translated — William Hutton

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Αἱμοβόρος (Adler number alphaiota 203), trans. William Hutton, 2 Jan 2003. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alphaiota/203

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 ↗