victim

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substantive

sacrifice: P. and V. θῦμα, τό, σφάγιον, τό (generally pl.), Ar. and P. ἱερεῖον, τό, Ar. and V. σφαγεῖον, τό, V. θύος, τό, θυτήριον, τό, πρόσφαγμα, τό, χρηστήριον, τό.

animal for slaughter: Ar. and V. βοτόν, τό.

severed portions of victims: Ar. and P. τόμια, τά.

Met., the victim as opposed to the agent: P. and V. ὁ πάσχων.

one who is wronged: P. and V. ὁ ἀδικούμενος.

you will depart hence, the victim not of us, the laws, but of men: P. ἠδικημένος ἄπει… οὐχ ὑφ' ἡμῶν τῶν νόμων ἀλλ' ὑπ' ἀνθρώπων (Plato, Crito, 54B).

be the victim (of misfortune, etc.), v.: P. also V. περιπίπτειν (dat.), ἐμπίπτειν (εἰς, acc.); see fall into.

be victim, as opposed to the agent: P. and V. πάσχειν.

I was the victim of circumstances: P. ἡσσήθην τῇ τύχῃ.

be the victim of a plot, P. and V. ἐπιβουλεύεσθαι (pass.).

be victim of malicious accusations: Ar. and P. συκοφαντεῖσθαι.

an easy victim: V. εὐμαρὲς χείρωμα, τό (Aesch., Agamemnon 1326).