σφαγή
σφᾰγ-ή,
ἡ,
A). slaughter; the sg. is freq. in
E., as
Hec. 571 ,
1037 , al.; in pl.,
A. Eu. 187 ,
450 ,
S. El. 37 ,
E. Hec. 522 , al.;
ἕστηκε .. μῆλα πρὸς σφαγὰς πυρός ready for the sacrificial fire,
A. Ag. 1057 ;
πολυθύτους τεύχειν ς. 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 ;
σφαγὰς τῶν γνωρίμων ποιήσαντες ib.
2.2.6 , cf.
Isoc. 8.96 ,
D. 19.260 ;
ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι σφαγὰς ἐμποιοῦντες Isoc. 5.107 .
2). with collat. sense of
a wound,
αἷμα τῶν ἐμῶν ς.
S. Tr. 573 , cf.
717 ;
ἐκφυσιῶν .. αἵματος σφαγήν the blood gushing from the wound,
A. Ag. 1389 ;
καθάρμοσον σφαγάς close
the gaping wound,
E. El. 1228 (lyr.);
ἐσφάγη .. σφαγὴν βραχεῖαν Ath. 9.381a .
ShortDef
slaughter, butchery
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
σφαγή
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σφαγη
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-101537
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">σφᾰγ-ή</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">slaughter</span>; the sg. is freq. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span></span>, as <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:571" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:571/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 571 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1037" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1037/canonical-url/"> 1037 </a>, al.; in pl., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:187" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:187/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 187 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:450" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:450/canonical-url/"> 450 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 37 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:522" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:522/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 522 </a>, al.; <span class="foreign greek">ἕστηκε .. μῆλα πρὸς σφαγὰς πυρός</span> ready for the sacrificial fire, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1057" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1057/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1057 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πολυθύτους τεύχειν ς</span>. to offer many sacrifices, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:756" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:756/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 756 </a>: also in Prose, <span class="quote greek">ὑπὸ σφαγῆς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:610b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:610b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 610b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">θανάτους τε καὶ σφαγάς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:682e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:682e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 682e </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σφαγὰς ποιεῖσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:4:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:4:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 4.4.2 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">σφαγὰς τῶν γνωρίμων ποιήσαντες</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:2:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:2:6/canonical-url/"> 2.2.6 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg017.perseus-grc1:96" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg017.perseus-grc1:96/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 8.96 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:260" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:260/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 19.260 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι σφαγὰς ἐμποιοῦντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg020.perseus-grc1:107" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg020.perseus-grc1:107/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 5.107 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> with collat. sense of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a wound</span>, <span class="foreign greek">αἷμα τῶν ἐμῶν ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:573" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:573/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 573 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:717" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:717/canonical-url/"> 717 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐκφυσιῶν .. αἵματος σφαγήν</span> the blood gushing from the wound, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1389" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1389/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1389 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">καθάρμοσον σφαγάς</span> close <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the gaping wound</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:1228" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:1228/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 1228 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">ἐσφάγη .. σφαγὴν βραχεῖαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:381a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.381a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 9.381a </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the throat</span>, the spot where the victim is struck ( <span class="quote greek">κοινὸν μέρος αὐχένος καὶ στήθους σφαγή</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:493b:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:493b.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 493b7 </a> ), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc1:69" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc1:69/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 5.69 </a>: pl., <span class="quote greek">ἐν σφαγαῖσι βάψασα ξίφος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:863" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:863/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 863 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐς σφαγὰς ὦσαι ξίφος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:291" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:291/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 291 </a> ; so in prose, <span class="quote greek">οἰστοὺς .. ἐς τὰς ς. καθιέντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.48 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:2:63" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:2.63/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sor.</span> 2.63 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">εἰς τὴν κεφαλὴν .. διὰ τῶν ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:511b:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:511b.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 511b35 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}