αἱμορροΐς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αἱμο- (haimo-, “blood”) +‎ ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”) +‎ -ίς (-ís). Also serves as the feminine of αἱμόρροος (haimórrhoos, “flowing with blood”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

αἱμορροΐς • (haimorrhoḯs) f (genitive αἱμορροΐδος); third declension

  1. (chiefly in the plural) veins liable to discharge blood, especially haemorrhoids, piles
  2. a kind of shellfish, perhaps Aporrhais pespelecani

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