κατασφάζω

From LSJ
Revision as of 07:22, 29 September 2017 by Spiros (talk | contribs) (19)

ἔστι γὰρ τὸ ἔλαττον κακὸν μᾶλλον αἱρετὸν τοῦ μείζονος → the lesser of two evils is more desirable than the greater

Source
Click links below for lookup in third sources:
Full diacritics: κατασφάζω Medium diacritics: κατασφάζω Low diacritics: κατασφάζω Capitals: ΚΑΤΑΣΦΑΖΩ
Transliteration A: kataspházō Transliteration B: katasphazō Transliteration C: katasfazo Beta Code: katasfa/zw

English (LSJ)

later κατασυν-σφάττω Luc.Sacr.12 (Pass. -

   A σφάττεσθαι Jul. Or.5.174a): fut. -ξω LXX Ez.16.40:—slaughter, murder, Hdt.6.23, 8.127, LXX l.c., al., Ev.Luc.19.27, D.C.40.48: freq. in aor. Pass. κατεσφάγην [ᾰ] A.Eu.102, S.OT730, X. An.4.1.17, etc.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κατασφάζω: βραδύτερον -σφάττω: μέλλ. -ξω· -σφάζων, ῥίπτω κάτω, τὸν ἀφίνω κατὰ γῆς, φονεύω, Ἡρόδ. 6. 23· ἐπεὶ δὲ σφεας εἶλε, κατέσφαξε 8. 127· συχν. ἐν τῷ παθ. ἀορ., κατεσφάγην ᾰ·- πρὸς χειρῶν μητροκτόνων κατασφαγείσης Αἰσχύλ. Εὐμ. 102· μητρὸς ἐκ χεροῖν κατασφαγεὶς Εὐρ. Βάκχ. 856, Σοφ. Ο.Τ. 730, Ξεν. Ἀν. 4. 1, 17, κτλ.

French (Bailly abrégé)

impf. κατέσφαζον, f. κατασφάξω, ao. κατέσφαξα, ao.2 Pass. κατεσφάγην;
égorger.
Étymologie: κατά, σφάζω.

English (Thayer)

(or κατασφαττόω): 1st aorist κατεσφαξα; "to kill off (cf. κατά III:1), to slaughter": Sept.; Herodotus, Tragg., Xenophon, Josephus, Antiquities 6,6, 4; Aelian v. h. 13,2; Herodian, 5,5, 16 (8 edition, Bekker).)

Greek Monolingual

(AM κατασφάζω και Μ κατασφάττω)
σφάζω με αγριότητα, σκοτώνω χωρίς οίκτο, κατακρεουργώ.