αἷμα, ατος, τό,
blood, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.303, etc.; φόνος αἵματος 16.162; ψυχῆς ἄκρατον αἷμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 786] Refs 8th c.BC+]: in plural, streams of blood, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1293, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 121, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1172, Alcaeus496. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of anything like blood, Βακχίου[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Timotheus Lyricus “Fragmenta” 7; αἷ. σταφυλῆς LXX.Sir.39.26, compare “App.Anth.” 3.166 (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus). ] LXX+5th c.BC+]
__2.b dye obtained from ἄγχουσα, alkanet, [[ PHolm. 15.25, “PLeid.X.” 99.3. ] Refs]
__3 with collateral meaning of spirit, courage, οὐκ ἔχων αἷμα pale, spiritless [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.160; τοὺς αἷμα φάσκοντας τὴν ψυχήν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 405b4. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II bloodshcd, murder, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 520, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 101] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅμαιμον αἷ. a kinsman's murder, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 449] Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἴργασται μητρῷον αἷ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 285, compare 406] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἶ. πράττειν[[ [prev. work] 1139; αἷμα συγγενὲς κτείνας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 799.3] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἷμα τραγοκτόνον shedding of goat's blood, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 139] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐφ᾽ αἵματι φεύγειν to avoid trial for murder by going into exile, [[ “SIG” 58 (Milet., 5th c.BC), 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.105; αἷμα συγγενὲς φεύγων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 148] Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural in this sense, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 66, 650, frequently in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus, never in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἵματασύγγονα brothers' corpses, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1502:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —concrete, νεακόνητον αἷ. keen-edged death, i. e. a sword, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1394 (explanation by μάχαιρα, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]