σιδηροσφαγία
From LSJ
ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
English (LSJ)
ἡ, slaying with the sword, Vett.Val.128.2.
Greek Monolingual
ἡ, Α
σφαγή με ξίφος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < σιδηρο- + -σφαγία (< -σφάγος < σφάζω), πρβλ. τεκνοσφαγία)].
