φαρμακός
From LSJ
αἴθ' ἔγω, χρυσοστέφαν' Ἀφρόδιτα, τόνδε τὸν πάλον λαχοίην (Sappho, fr. 33 L-P) → Oh gold-crowned Aphrodite, if only this winning lot could fall to me
English (LSJ)
[v. ad fin.], ὁ,
A one sacrificed or executed as an atonement or purification for others, scapegoat, Hippon.5, al., Ar.Ra.733 (troch.), Ister 33; and, since criminals were reserved for this fate, a general name of reproach, Ar.Eq.1405, Lys.6.53, Call. in Διηγήσεις ii 29, D. 25.80. [ᾱ Hippon. and Call., ᾰ Ar.Eq. l.c.; on the accent v. Hdn. Gr.1.150; φαρμᾶκος Did. ap. Harp.]
