A.blood, Il. 1.303, etc.; “φόνος αἵματος” 16.162; “ψυχῆς ἄκρατον αἷμα” S.El.786: in pl., streams of blood, A.Ag.1293, S.Ant. 121, E.El.1172, Alc.496.
2. of anything like blood, “Βακχίου” Tim. Fr.7; “αἷ. σταφυλῆς” LXXSi.39.26, cf. App.Anth.3.166 (Procl.).
3. with collat. meaning of spirit, courage, “οὐκ ἔχων αἷμα” pale, spiritless Aeschin.3.160; “τοὺς αἷμα φάσκοντας τὴν ψυχήν” Arist.de An. 405b4.
II. bloodshcd, murder, A.Ch.520, S.OT101; ὅμαιμον αἷ. a kinsman's murder, A.Supp.449; εἴργασται μητρῷον αἷ. E.Or. 285, cf. 406; αἶ. πράττειν ib.1139; “αἷμα συγγενὲς κτείνας” S.Fr.799.3; αἷμα τραγοκτόνον shedding of goat's blood, E.Ba.139; ἐφ᾽ αἵματι φεύγειν to avoid trial for murder by going into exile, SIG58 (Milet., V B.C.), D.21.105; “αἷμα συγγενὲς φεύγων” E.Supp.148: pl. in this sense, A.Ch.66,650, freq. in E., never in S.; αἵματασύγγονα brothers' corpses, E.Ph.1502:—concrete, νεακόνητον αἷ. keen-edged death, i. e. a sword, S.El.1394 (expl. by μάχαιρα, Hsch.).
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, Pi.N.11.34; αἷ. ἐμφύλιον incestuous kinship, S.OT1406; “τοὺς πρὸς αἵματος” Id.Aj.1305, cf. Arist.Pol.1262a11; μητρὸς τῆς ἐμῆς ἐν αἵματι akin to her by blood, A.Eu.606, cf. Th.141; “ἀφ᾽ αἵματος ὑμετέρου” S.OC245.