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|Definition=ατος, τό, ([[θύω]] A) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[victim]], [[sacrifice]], <span class="title">SIG</span>56.31 (Argos, v B.C.), <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Ag.</span>1310</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>8</span>,<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>901</span>, Wilcken <span class="title">Chr.</span>1 iii 3 (iii B.C.), etc.; τὸ θ. τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος <span class="bibl">Th.5.53</span>; <b class="b3">θ. θύειν, θύσασθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>290e</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>378a</span>, etc.; usually of animals, but <b class="b3">πάγκαρπα θ</b>. [[offerings]] of all fruits, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>634</span>; &lt;<b class="b3">ἁγνὰ&gt; θ</b>., opp. [[ἱερεῖα]], expld. by Sch. as [[cakes in the form of animals]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.126</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>782c</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.1.26</span>: [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">θ. Δελφόν</b> 'Barmecide's feast', <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Iamb.</span>1.98</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> pl., of [[animals slaughtered]] for food, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>43.16</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., of persons, <b class="b3">θ. λεύσιμον</b>, prob. of Clytemnestra, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1118</span> (lyr.); πρόκεισθε θύματα τῆς ἡμετέρας ἐξουσίας <span class="bibl">Hdn.2.13.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[act of sacrifice]], <b class="b3">ὧδ' ἦν τὰ κείνης θ</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>573</span>. [θῠμα only <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>2.518 (Rome, iv A.D.), cf. Hdn.Gr.2.15.]</span>