μιαιφονία
From LSJ
ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A bloodthirstiness, D.25.84, D.S.17.5, Plu.Art.30; murder, Id.2.994a: pl., τυραννικαὶ μ. ib.457b.
German (Pape)
[Seite 182] ἡ, Besudelung durch Mord, Mord; καὶ πικρία καὶ ὠμότης, Dem. 25, 84; Luc. u. sp. D., wie Mel. 32 (XII, 19); Ep. ad. 465 (IX, 157); neben γαστριμαργία, vom Essen geschlachteter Thiere, Befleckung mit dem Blute der Thiere, Plut. de esu carn. II, 1.
