σφάγιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[victim]], [[offering]], σφάγιον ἔθετο ματέρα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>842</span> (lyr.); σὴν παῖδ' Ἀχιλεῖ σ. θέσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hec.</span>109</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">διδόναι τύμβῳ σ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">119</span> (anap.); ἑαυτὰς ἔδοσαν σφάγιον τοῖς πολίταις ὑπὲρ τῆς χώρας <span class="bibl">D.60.29</span>: mostly in pl., σφάγια παρθένους κτανεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>278</span>; τὰ σ. ἐγίνετο καλά <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.112</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>379</span>, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">An.</span>1.8.15</span>; οὐ γάρ σφι ἐγίνετο τὰ σ. χρηστά <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.61</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">62</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ σ. οὐ δύναται καταθύμια γενέσθαι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">45</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν σ. οὐ γινομένων</b> (without any Adj.) not proving favourable, ib.<span class="bibl">61</span>; <b class="b3">σ. ἔρδειν, τέμνειν</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span> 230</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1196</span>; προφέρειν <span class="bibl">Th.6.69</span>; ἅπτεσθαι τῶν σ <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.12</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ σ. δέξαι</b>, addressed to a goddess, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>204</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in E. also, [[slaughter]], [[sacrifice]], δοῦλα σφάγια <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hec.</span>135</span> (anap.); σφάγια τέκνων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Or.</span>815</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">658</span>.</span>