αἷμα
haima
blood
Appears 276 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
αἷμα, ατος, τό, A. blood, Il. 1.303, etc.; φόνος αἵματος 16.162; ψυχῆς ἄκρατον αἷμα El. 786: in pl., streams of blood, Ag. 1293, Ant. 121, El. 1172, Alc. 496. 2. of anything like blood, Βακχίου Fr. 7; αἷ. σταφυλῆς Si. 39.26, cf. App.Anth. 3.166 (). b. dye obtained from ἄγχουσα, alkanet, 15.25, PLeid.X. 99.3. 3. with collat. meaning of spirit, courage, οὐκ ἔχων αἷμα pale, spiritless 3.160; τοὺς αἷμα φάσκοντας τὴν ψυχήν de An. 405b4. II. bloodshed, murder, Ch. 520, OT 101; ὅμαιμον αἷ. a kinsmanʼs murder, Supp. 449; εἴργασται μητρῷον αἷ. Or. 285, cf. 406; αἶ. πράττειν ib.1139; αἷμα συγγενὲς κτείνας Fr. 799.3; αἷμα τραγοκτόνον shedding of goatʼs blood, Ba. 139; ἐφʼ αἵματι φεύγειν to avoid trial for murder by going into exile, SIG 58 (Milet., V B.C.), 21.105; αἷμα συγγενὲς φεύγων Supp. 148: pl. in this sense, Ch. 66,650, freq. in , never in ; αἵματασύγγονα brothers’ corpses, Ph. 1502:—concrete, νεακόνητον αἷ. keen-edged death, i. e. a sword, El. 1394 (expl. by μάχαιρα, ). III. blood relationship, kin, αἷ. τε καὶ γένος Od. 8.583; αἵματός εἰς ἀγαθοῖο 4.611; οΐ σῆς ἐξ αἵματός εἰσι γενέθλης Il. 19.111; τὸ αἷ. τινος his blood or origin, N. 11.34; αἷ. ἐμφύλιον incestuous kinship, OT 1406; τοὺς πρὸς αἵματος Aj. 1305, cf. Pol. 1262a11; μητρὸς τῆς ἐμῆς ἐν αἵματι akin to her by blood, Eu. 606, cf. Th. 141; ἀφʼ αἵματος ὑμετέρου OC 245. 2. concrete, of a person, ὦ Διὸς . . αἷμα IG 14.1003.1, cf. 1389 ii4, etc.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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