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|Definition=ἡ, always, exc. in Suid., in plural,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[carnage]], esp. on the field of battle, ἀσπαίροντας ἐν ἀργαλέῃσι φονῇσιν Il.10.521; ἐν φοναῖς καλῶς πεσόντ' A.''Ag.''447 (lyr.); ἐν φοναῖς πεπτῶτ' ἄθαπτον S.''Ant.''696; ἔτι ἐν τῇσι φονῇσι ἐόντας [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.76; κομισθέντα ἐκ τῶν φονῶν Ael.''NA''5.1; also of slain beasts, θηρὶ μαχέσσασθαι ἕλικος βοὸς ἀμφὶ φονῇσιν Il.15.633; ἐν φοναῖς θηροκτόνοις E.''Hel.''154.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[blood shed by slaying]], <b class="b3">θῆκέ τ' Αἴγισθον ἐν φοναῖς</b> laid him weltering [[in his blood]], Pi.''P.''11.37, cf. Ael.''NA''1.18,3.21; [[φονῶν]] is prob. for [[φόνων]] in S.''El.''11, ''Tr.''558; so <b class="b3">ἑρπετὰ καὶ δάκετα.. ὑπ' ἐμᾶς πτέρυγος ἐν φοναῖς ὄλλυται</b> come to a [[bloody]] end, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''1070 (lyr., paratrag.); <b class="b3">ποίῳ δὲ κἀπελύσατ' ἐν φοναῖς τρόπῳ</b>; what was the manner of her [[bloody]] end? S.''Ant.''1314; [[φοναῖς]] [[murderously]], ib.1003 (expld. as adjective by Sch., cf. [[φονός]]).