αἱμόρροος

A. flowing with blood, τρώματα Hp. Art. 69; αἱ. φλέβες veins so large as to cause a haemorrhage if wounded, Id. Fract. 11, ubiv.Gal.

2. suffering from haemorrhoids, Hp. Epid. 4.7.

II. as Subst., a serpent, whose bite makes blood flow from all parts of the body, Philum. Ven. 21, Nic. Th. 282; cf. αἱμορροΐς 111.