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φοινικόεις

φοινικόεις, dark-red, purple

φοινῑκό-εις, εσσα, εν, (φοῖνιξ B. Ι)
  • = φοινίκεος, dark-red, purple or crimson, χλαῖνα Il. 10.133, Od. 14.500; ἡνία Hes. Sc. 95; σμώδιγγες . . αἵματι φοινικόεσσαι red with blood, Il. 23.717; αἵματι φοινικόεις Hes. Sc. 194. [In Hom. and Hes. φοινικόεσσαι, -όεσσαν, -όεντα, must be pronounced as if contracted, cf. Nonn. D. 41.352.]

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