φοινικόεις
εσσα, εν
A.
φοῖνιξ B. 1) = 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.]