φονή

English (LSJ)

ἡ, always, exc. in Suid., in pl.,

   A carnage, esp. on the field of battle, ἀσπαίροντας ἐν ἀργαλέῃσι φονῇσιν Il.10.521; ἐν φοναῖς καλῶς πεσόντ' A.Ag.447 (lyr.); ἐν φοναῖς πεπτῶτ' ἄθαπτον S.Ant.696; ἔτι ἐν τῇσι φονῇσι ἐόντας Hdt.9.76; κομισθέντα ἐκ τῶν φονῶν Ael.NA5.1; also of slain beasts, θηρὶ μαχέσσασθαι ἕλικος βοὸς ἀμφὶ φονῇσιν Il.15.633; ἐν φοναῖς θηροκτόνοις E.Hel.154.    II blood shed by slaying, θῆκέ τ' Αἴγισθον ἐν φοναῖς laid him weltering in his blood, Pi.P.11.37, cf. Ael.NA1.18,3.21; φονῶν is prob. for φόνων in S.El.11, Tr.558; so ἑρπετὰ καὶ δάκετα . . ὑπ' ἐμᾶς πτέρυγος ἐν φοναῖς ὄλλυται come to a bloody end, Ar.Av.1070 (lyr., paratrag.); ποίῳ δὲ κἀπελύσατ' ἐν φοναῖς τρόπῳ; what was the manner of her bloody end? S.Ant.1314; φοναῖς murderously, ib.1003 (expld. as Adj. by Sch., cf. φονός).