σφαγεῖον
From LSJ
Πρόσεχε τῷ ὑποκειμένῳ ἢ τῇ ἐνεργείᾳ ἢ τῷ δόγματι ἢ τῷ σημαινομένῳ. → Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.
English (LSJ)
τό, (σφάζω)
A bowl for catching the blood of the victim in sacrifices, E.El.800, IT335, Cyc.395 (dub. l.), Ar.Th.754, IG 22.1543: pl., ib.1424a145:—in A.Ag.1092, for ἀνδρὸς σφάγιον Dobree restored ἀνδροσφαγεῖον.
