The corpus record

ἴσχαιμος

ischaimos

staunching blood

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What it meant

ἴσχαιμος · ischaimos — LSJ

staunching blood, styptic

staunching blood, Thphr. HP 9.13.1, Dsc. 4.43; styptic, Luc. Tim. 46, Aret. CA 2.6 (dat. pl. -αίμασι codd.), POxy. 1088.19.

2 plant used as a styptic, Andropogon ischaemum

ἴσχαιμος, ἡ, plant used as a styptic, Andropogon ischaemum, Thphr. HP 9.15.3, Sch. Il. 11.846.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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