ἀνθρωποθυσία
From LSJ
Τραφὲν ὄρεσι καὶ φάραγξιν ἀγρίαις, κήρυξ πέφυκα τῆς λόγου ὑμνῳδίας. Φωνήν μὲν οὐκ ἔναρθρον, εὔηχον δ' ἔχω (Byzantine riddle) → Raised in the mountains and wild ravines, I have become the herald of hymns that are sung. I have no articulate voice...
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A human sacrifice, ib.857a, al.: in pl., ib.417c, Str.4.4.5, Pallasap.Porph.Abst. 2.56.
German (Pape)
[Seite 234] ἡ, Menschenopfer, Plut.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀνθρωποθῠσία: ἡ, τὸ θυιάζειν ἀνθρώπους, ἀνθρωποθυσίας καὶ ξενοκτονίας Πλούτ. 2. 417C, καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ, ἐν τῷ πληθυντ., Στράβ. 198.
