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|mdlsjtxt=1<br /><b class="num">I.</b> Act. to [[offer]] [[part]] of a [[meal]] to the gods, Hom. (who used the [[word]] only in the [[sense]] of [[offering]] or [[burning]], [[never]] = [[σφάξαι]], to [[slaughter]] for [[sacrifice]]); θ. πέλανον, δεῖπνα Aesch.; κριθάς, πυρούς Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[sacrifice]], i. e. by [[slaying]] a [[victim]], τῶι ἡλίωι θ. ἵππους Hdt.; θ. [[αὑτοῦ]] παῖδα Aesch.; ἱερεῖα Thuc.:—also [[simply]], to [[slaughter]], [[slay]], Hdt.:—Pass., τὰ τεθυμένα the [[flesh]] of the [[victim]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> absol. to [[sacrifice]], [[offer]] sacrifices, Hdt., Aesch., etc.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> to [[celebrate]] with offerings or sacrifices, c. acc., Hdt., Xen.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> c. dupl. acc., εὐαγγέλια θ. ἑκατὸν [[βοῦς]] το [[sacrifice]] a [[hundred]] oxen for the [[good]] [[news]], Ar.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> Mid. to [[cause]] to be offered, to [[have]] a [[victim]] [[slain]], and so to [[take]] the [[auspices]], Hdt., Aesch., etc.:—[[rarely]] c. inf., θύομαι [[ἰέναι]] I [[consult]] the [[auspices]] [[about]] [[going]], to [[know]] [[whether]] I may go or not, Xen.; so, θύεσθαι ἐπ' ἐξόδωι Xen.:—metaph. to [[tear]] in pieces, Aesch. <br />2 like [[θύνω]]<br />to [[rush]] on or [[along]], of a [[rushing]] [[wind]], Od.; of a [[swollen]] [[river]], Il.; of the sea, Od.; [[δάπεδον]] αἵματι θῦεν the [[ground]] [[boiled]] with [[blood]], Od.:—[[generally]], to [[storm]], [[rage]], Il., Aesch.

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