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Menschenopfer

From LSJ

Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.

Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers, Book 2 sec. 32.

German > Latin

Menschenopfer, hostia od. victima humana (s. »Opfer« über host. u. vict.). – die barbarische Gewohnheit der M., barbara consuetudo hominum immolandorum: M. bringen, humanas hostias od. pro victimis homines immolare; homines immolare; humanas victimas mactare: ein M. bringen, hominem immolare; einem Gotte, alci humanā hostiā facere od. litare.