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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[slaughter]]; the sg. is freq. in E., as <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hec.</span>571</span>, <span class="bibl">1037</span>, al.; in plural, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span> 187</span>,<span class="bibl">450</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>37</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>522</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ἕστηκε . . μῆλα πρὸς σφαγὰς πυρός</b> ready for the sacrificial fire, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1057</span>; <b class="b3">πολυθύτους τεύχειν σ</b>. to offer many sacrifices, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>756</span>: also in Prose, ὑπὸ σφαγῆς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 610b</span>; θανάτους τε καὶ σφαγάς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>682e</span>; σφαγὰς ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span> 4.4.2</span>; <b class="b3">σφαγὰς τῶν γνωρίμων ποιήσαντες</b> ib.<span class="bibl">2.2.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.96</span>, <span class="bibl">D.19.260</span>; ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι σφαγὰς ἐμποιοῦντες <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.107</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> with collat. sense of a [[wound]], <b class="b3">αἷμα τῶν ἐμῶν σ</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>573</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">717</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκφυσιῶν . . αἵματος σφαγήν</b> the blood gushing from the wound, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1389</span>; <b class="b3">καθάρμοσον σφαγάς</b> close the [[gaping]] [[wound]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>1228</span> (lyr.); ἐσφάγη . . σφαγὴν βραχεῖαν <span class="bibl">Ath.9.381a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> the [[throat]], the spot where the victim is struck (κοινὸν μέρος αὐχένος καὶ στήθους σφαγή <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>493b7</span>), <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.69</span>: pl., ἐν σφαγαῖσι βάψασα ξίφος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>863</span>; ἐς σφαγὰς ὦσαι ξίφος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>291</span>; so in prose, οἰστοὺς . . ἐς τὰς σ. καθιέντες <span class="bibl">Th.4.48</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Sor.2.63</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς τὴν κεφαλὴν . . διὰ τῶν σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>511b35</span>.</span>

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|lstext='''σφᾰγή''': ἡ, ([[σφάζω]]) ὡς καὶ νῦν, τὸ σφάζειν, κοινῶς «σφάξιμον»· τὸ ἑνικὸν συχν. παρ’ Εὐρ., [[οἷον]] Ἑκ. 571, 1037· ἀλλ’ ἐν τῷ πληθ., Αἰσχ. Εὐμ. 187, 450, Σοφ. Ἠλ. 37, Εὐρ. Ἑκ. 522· κ. ἀλλ’· ἕστηκε... μῆλα πρὸς σφαγὰς πυρὸς, ἕτοιμα πρὸς τὸ τῆς θυσίας πῦρ ([[ἔνθα]] ὁ Musgr. προτείνει διόθρωσιν: [[πάρος]]), Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 1057· πολυθύτους τεύχειν σφ., προσφέρειν πολλὰς θυσίας, πολλὰ θύματα, Σοφ. Τρ. 756· - [[ὡσαύτως]] παρὰ πεζολόγοις, ὑπὸ σφαγῆς Πλάτ. Πολ. 610Β· θανάτους τε καὶ σφαγὰς ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Νόμ. 682D· σφαγὰς ποιεῖσθαι Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 4. 4, 2· σφαγὰς ποιεῖν ὁ αὐτ. 2. 2, 6, Ἰσοκρ. 178E, Δημ. 424, 22· σφαγὰς ἐμποιεῖν Ἰσοκρ. 103D. 2) μετὰ τῆς παραλλήλου ἐννοίας τραύματος, αἱ ἐμαὶ σφ. Σοφ. Τρ. 573, πρβλ. 717· ἐκφυσιῶν... αἵματος σφαγήν, τὸ [[αἷμα]] τὸ ἐκρέον ἐκ τῆς πληγῆς, Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 1389· καθάρμοσον σφαγάς, κλεῖσον τὸ χαῖνον [[τραῦμα]], Εὐρ. Ἠλ. 1228· ἐσφάγη... σφαγὴν βραχεῖαν Ἀθήν. 381Β. ΙΙ. ὁ λαιμός, τὸ [[μέρος]] [[ἔνθα]] τίθεται εἰς τὸ [[θῦμα]] ἡ [[μάχαιρα]] [[ὅταν]] μέλλωσι νὰ τὸ σφάξωσι (κοινὸν [[μέρος]] αὐχένος καὶ στήθους σφαγὴ Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 1. 14, 2, πρβλ. Λατ. jugulum, jugulari), Ἀντιφῶν 137. 28· ἐν τῷ πληθ., ὡς τὸ Λατ. fauces, ἐν σφαγαῖσι βάψασα [[ξίφος]] Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 863· ἐς σφαγὰς ὧσαι [[ξίφος]] Εὐρ. Ὀρ. 291· οὕτω παρὰ πεζογράφοις, οἰστούς... ἐς τὰς σφ. καθέντες Θουκ. 4. 48· εἰς τὴν κεφαλήν... διὰ τῶν ασφγῶν Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 3. 2, 6.

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