σφαγεῖον
From LSJ
πολλὰς ἂν εὕροις μηχανάς· γυνὴ γὰρ εἶ → you will find many ruses: you are a woman
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.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σφαγεῖον: τό, (σφάζω) «τὸ ἀγγεῖον εἰς ὃ τὸ αἷμα τῶν σφαζομένων ἱερείων δέχονται» (Φώτ.)· οἱ μὲν σφαγεῖον ἔφερον, οἱ δ’ ᾖρον κανᾶ Εὐρ. Ἠλ. 800, Ι. Τ. 335, Κύκλ. 395, Ἀριστοφ. Θεσμ. 754· - ἐν Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 1092, ὁ Debree ἔγραψεν ἀνδροσφαγεῖον. ΙΙ. ὡς τὸ σφάγιον, αὐτὸ τὸ θῦμα, Εὐρ. Τρῳ. 742.
