ἐπισφάζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=later ἐπισυ-σφάττω, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[slaughter over]] or [[upon]], esp. of sacrifices at a tomb, κἄμ' ἐπισφάξαι τάφῳ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>505</span> ; <b class="b3">πρόβατά τινι ἐ</b>. [[sacrifice]] them [[to]] the dead, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.3.7</span> (Pass.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">αἷμα μηλείου φόνου ἐ</b>. [[shed]] the blood of slaughtered sheep [[over]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>92</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">281</span> ; αἷμ' ἐπισφάξας νέον Id.<span class="title">Sthen.</span>p.44A.:—Pass., αἷμα ἀρτίως ἐπεσφαγμένον <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Col.</span>796a15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[kill upon]] or [[besides]], τρίτον θῦμ' ὡς ἐπισφάξων δυοῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>995</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.8.29</span> (also <b class="b3">ἑαυτὸν ἐπισφάξασθαι</b> ibid.); Ἀντώνιον ἐ. Καίσαρι <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Brut.</span>18</span> :—Pass., ἐπεσφάγη τοῖς παισίν <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>5.13</span>. I, cf. Philostr.[[V A]]4.16. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[kill over again]], νεκρούς <span class="bibl">D.L.2.135</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">dispatch, strike the death-blow</b>, Thphr. ap. <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span> 2.30</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Ant.</span>76</span> : metaph., [[talk]] one [[to death]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">JTr.</span>43</span>.</span>