σφάζω
σφάζω,
Od. 4.320 ,
Hdt. 2.39 ,
E. Tr. 134 (lyr.); in Com.(
Cratin. 361 ) and Prose, from
Pl. (
Grg. 468c ) downwards,
σφάττω, cf.
Σφαττόμενος title of play by
Diph., IG 22.2363.34 , and
ς[φά]ττετ[αι]
SIG 1024.36 (Myconus, iii/ii B.C.); Boeot.
σφάδδω An.Ox. 4.325 : fut.
A). σφάξω E. Heracl. 493 : aor.
ἔσφαξα Il. 2.422 : pf.
ἔσφᾰκα, known from plpf.
ἐσφάκειν D.C. 73.6 ,(
ἀπο-)
78.7 :— Pass., fut.
σφᾰγήσομαι E. Andr. 315 ,
Heracl. 583 ,(
ἀπο-)
X. HG 3.1.27 : aor.
ἐσφάγην [ᾰ] Trag.(
A. Eu. 305 , etc.) and late Prose,
Plu. Publ. 4 , etc.; less freq.
ἐσφάχθην,
Pi. P. 11.23 ,
Hdt. 5.5 ,
E. IT 177 (lyr., nowhere else in Trag.): pf.
ἔσφαγμαι Od. 10.532 ,
D. 23.68 :—
slay, slaughter, properly
by cutting the throat (v.
σφαγή 11 ), in
Hom. always of cattle,
μῆλ’ ἁδινὰ σφάζουσι καὶ εἰλίποδας ἕλικας βοῦς Od. 1.92 , cf.
9.46 ,
23.305 ,
Il. 9.467 .
II). esp.
slaughter victims for sacrifice,
1.459 , etc.;
ἔσφαζ’ ἐπ’ ὤμων μόσχον cut its
throat, as it hung from the servant's shoulders,
E. El. 813 ;
ς. παρθένου δέρην Id. Or. 1199 :— Pass.,
Od. 10.532 ;
ἀρνίον ἐσφαγμένον Apoc. 5.6 .
2). generally,
slay, kill, of human victims, as Iphigeneia, Menoeceus,
Pi. P. 11.23 ,
E. Ph. 913 , cf.
A. Ag. 1433 ,
Ch. 904 ;
ς. τινὰ ἐς τὸν κρητῆρα so that the blood ran into the bowl,
Hdt. 3.11 :— Pass.,
σφάζεται ἐς τὸν τάφον Id. 5.5 ;
πρὸς βωμῷ σφαγείς A. Eu. 305 .
4). of animals,
tear by the throat,
ς. ὥσπερ οἱ λύκοι τὰ πρόβατα Arist. HA 612b2 .
5). of any killing, BGU 388 ii 21 (ii A.D.), OGI 697 (Egypt), Sammelb. 7436.7 (vi A.D.), Gloss.
6). metaph., torment, τινα POxy. 259.33 (i A.D.).
ShortDef
to slay, slaughter
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Headword (normalized):
σφάζω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σφαζω
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">σφάζω</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:320" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.320/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 4.320 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.39 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:134" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:134/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 134 </a> (lyr.); in Com.(<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cratin.</span> </span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:361" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:361/canonical-url/"> 361 </a>) and Prose, from <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> </span> (<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:468c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:468c/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 468c </a>) downwards, <span class="orth greek">σφάττω</span>, cf. <span class="foreign greek">Σφαττόμενος</span> title of play by <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Diph.</span>, <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.2363.34 </span>, and <span class="foreign greek">ς[φά]ττετ[αι</span>] <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 1024.36 </span> (Myconus, iii/ii B.C.); Boeot. <span class="orth greek">σφάδδω</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.Ox.</span> 4.325 </span>: fut. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">σφάξω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:493" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:493/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Heracl.</span> 493 </a> : aor. <span class="quote greek">ἔσφαξα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:422" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.422/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.422 </a> : pf. <span class="foreign greek">ἔσφᾰκα</span>, known from plpf. <span class="quote greek">ἐσφάκειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:73:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:73.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.C.</span> 73.6 </a> ,(<span class="etym greek">ἀπο-</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:78:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:78.7/canonical-url/"> 78.7 </a>:— Pass., fut. <span class="quote greek">σφᾰγήσομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:315" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:315/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 315 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:583" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:583/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Heracl.</span> 583 </a>,(<span class="etym greek">ἀπο-</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:1:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:1:27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 3.1.27 </a>: aor. <span class="foreign greek">ἐσφάγην [ᾰ</span>] Trag.(<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:305" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:305/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 305 </a>, etc.) and late Prose, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg008:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg008:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Publ.</span> 4 </a>, etc.; less freq. <span class="foreign greek">ἐσφάχθην</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 11.23 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.5 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:177" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:177/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 177 </a> (lyr., nowhere else in Trag.): pf. <span class="quote greek">ἔσφαγμαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:532" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.532/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 10.532 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg023.perseus-grc1:68" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg023.perseus-grc1:68/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 23.68 </a>:—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">slay, slaughter</span>, properly <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">by cutting the throat</span> (v. <span class="quote greek">σφαγή</span> <span class="bibl"> 11 </span> ), in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> always of cattle, <span class="quote greek">μῆλ’ ἁδινὰ σφάζουσι καὶ εἰλίποδας ἕλικας βοῦς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:92" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.92/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 1.92 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.46/canonical-url/"> 9.46 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:23:305" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:23.305/canonical-url/"> 23.305 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:467" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.467/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 9.467 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">slaughter</span> victims for sacrifice, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:459" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.459/canonical-url/"> 1.459 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ἔσφαζ’ ἐπ’ ὤμων μόσχον</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cut</span> its <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">throat</span>, as it hung from the servant\'s shoulders, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:813" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:813/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 813 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ς. παρθένου δέρην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1199" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1199/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 1199 </a> :— Pass., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:532" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.532/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 10.532 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀρνίον ἐσφαγμένον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg027.perseus-grc1:5:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg027.perseus-grc1:5.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Apoc.</span> 5.6 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">slay, kill</span>, of human victims, as Iphigeneia, Menoeceus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 11.23 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:913" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:913/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 913 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1433" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1433/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1433 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:904" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:904/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 904 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ς. τινὰ ἐς τὸν κρητῆρα</span> so that the blood ran into the bowl, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.11 </a>:— Pass., <span class="quote greek">σφάζεται ἐς τὸν τάφον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 5.5 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πρὸς βωμῷ σφαγείς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:305" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:305/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 305 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> of any slaughter by knife or sword, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.25 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:107" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.107/canonical-url/"> 7.107 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ς. ἑαυτόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:92" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.92/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.92 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ς. καὶ ἐκδέρειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:301c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:301c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Euthd.</span> 301c </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸν ἴδιον ἀδελφόν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PMag.Osl.</span> 1.5 </span> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg023.perseus-grc1:3:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg023.perseus-grc1:3.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">1 Ep.Jo.</span> 3.12 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> of animals, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tear by the throat</span>, <span class="quote greek">ς. ὥσπερ οἱ λύκοι τὰ πρόβατα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:612b:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:612b.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 612b2 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> of any killing, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BGU</span> 388 ii 21 </span> (ii A.D.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 697 </span> (Egypt), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sammelb.</span> 7436.7 </span> (vi A.D.), <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Gloss.</span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">torment</span>, <span class="itype greek">τινα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 259.33 </span> (i A.D.).</div> </div><br><br>'}