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