A). θῦον Od. 15.222 , Ion. θύεσκον Hippon. 37 : fut. θύσω [ῡ] E. El. 1141 , Pl. Lg. 909d , Henioch. 5.10 , Dor. θυσῶ Theoc. 2.33 ; 3 pl. θυσέοντι IG 12(3).452 (Thera): aor. ἔθῡσα Od. 9.231 , etc., Ep. θῦσα 14.446 : pf. τέθῠκα Ar. Lys. 1062 , Pl. R. 328c :— Med., fut. θύσομαι E. Heracl. 340 (as Pass., Hdt. 7.197 ): aor. ἐθυσάμην Th. 4.92 ,(ἐκ-) Hdt. 6.91 , etc.:— Pass., fut. τῠθήσομαι D.S. 16.91 , Luc. DDeor. 4.2 : aor. ἐτύθην [ῠ] Hdt. 1.216 , A. Ch. 242 , Philem. 155.2 (part. written θυθέν Men. Sam. 185 , cf. τὴν βοῦν τὴν θυθεῖσαν IG 12(7).241 (Amorgos, iii B.C.), etc.): pf. τέθῠμαι A. Eu. 341 (lyr.), Ar. Av. 1034 , X. HG 3.5.5 (in med. sense, 5.1.18 , An. 7.8.21 ): plpf. ἐτέθῠτο Id. HG 3.1.23 .[ῡ in fut. and aor., ῠ in pf. Act. and Pass., and aor. Pass.; ῡ generally in pres. and impf., exc. in trisyll. cases of part., θῠοντα Od. 15.260 , θύ&οντες h.Ap. 491 , but θύ&εσκε Hippon. 37 ; ἔθύ&ε, θύ&ων, Pi. O. 10(11).57 , 13.69 ; θύ&ειν, at the end of a line, E. El. 1141 (s.v. l., fort. θύη), Cyc. 334 , Ar. Ach. 792 (spoken by a Megarian); θύ&εις, θύ&ω, Strato Com. 1.19 , 20 ; θύ&ωντι 3 pl. pres. subj., Theoc. 4.21 .]

I). Act., offer by burning meat or drink to the gods ( τὸ θύειν δωρεῖσθαί ἐστι τοῖς θεοῖς Pl. Euthphr. 14c ), θεοῖσι δὲ θῦσαι ἀνώγει Πάτροκλον .. , ὁ δ’ ἐν πυρὶ βάλλε θυηλάς Il. 9.219 , cf. Aristarch. ap. Sch.adloc., Com.Adesp. 7D. (ap. Phryn. PS p.74 B.); ἦ ῥα καὶ ἄρ γματα θῦσε θεοῖς, of a drink-offering, Od. 14.446 , cf. 15.260 ; so ἔνθα δὲ πῦρ κήαντες ἐθύσαμεν (sc. τῶν τυρῶν) made an offering of cheese, 9.231 ; θ. ἀκρόθινα Pi. O. 10(11).57 ; πέλανον, δεῖπνα, A. Pers. 204 , Eu. 109 ; πυρούς, ναστούς, Ar. Av. 565 , 567 : c. dat. rei, θ. τούτῳ ὅ τι ἔχοι ἕκαστος (with v.l. τοῦτο ) Hdt. 1.50 .

2). sacrifice, slay a victim,[τῷ ἡλίῳ] θ. ἵππους ( v.l. ἵπποισι ) ib. 216 ; ταῦρον Pi. O. 13.69 ; αὑτοῦ παῖδα A. Ag. 1417 , cf. S. El. 532 , etc.; ἱρά Hdt. 1.59 ; ἱερεῖα Th. 1.126 , etc.; θ. θῦμα, θυσίαν, Pl. Plt. 290e , R. 362c , etc.; θ. διαβατήρια, ἐπινίκια, etc., Plu. Luc. 24 , Pl. Smp. 173a , etc.:— Pass., τὰ τεθυμένα the flesh of the victim, X. HG 4.3.14 , etc.; τὰ τεθ. ἱερά ib. 3.5.5 ; τὰ θυόμενα Id. Lac. 15.3 .

b). simply, slaughter, Hdt. 1.126 , Ar. Lys. 1062 , LXX Is. 22.13 .

3). abs., offer sacrifice, Hdt. 1.31 .al., A. Ag. 594 , Fr. 161.2 , S. OC 1159 ; τοῖσι θεοῖσι θ. Pherecr. 23 , cf. Hdt. 4.60 , 8.138 ; θεῶν ἕνεκα Men. 129.1 .

4). celebrate with offerings or sacrifices, σῶστρα θ. Hdt. 1.118 ; γενέθλια Pl. Alc. 1.121c ; Λύκαια, Ἡράκλεια X. An. 1.2.10 , D. 19.86 ; ἐλευθέρια Henioch. 5.10 ; γάμους Plu. Pomp. 55 .

5). c. dupl.acc., εὐαγγέλια θ. ἑκατὸν βοῦς sacrifice a hundred oxen for the good news, Ar. Eq. 656 .

6). Ἑστίᾳ θύειν, prov. of niggards, because sacrifices to Hestia admitted no one to share the offering, Theopomp.Com. 28 .

II). Med., cause a victim to be offered, τῶν θυμάτων ὧν δεῖ θύεσθαι καὶ παρίστασθαι IG 5(1).1390.65 (Andania, i B.C.), etc.: hence freq. abs., consult the gods, Hdt. 7.189 , E. Heracl. 340 ; ἐπὶ Κρότωνα, ἐπὶ τῷ Πέρσῃ, i.e. on marching against .., Hdt. 5.44 , 9.10 , cf. X. An. 7.8.21 ; θύεσθαι ἐπ’ ἐξόδῳ ib. 6.4.9 ; ὑπὲρ τῆς μονῆς ib. 5.6.27 : c. inf., θ. ἰέναι offer sacrifice [to learn] whether to go or not, ib. 2.2.3 ; also ἐθυόμην εἰ βέλτιον εἴη ib. 6.1.31 (so in Act., ἔθυε ( v.l. ἐθύετο ) τῷ Διί .. πότερά οἱ λῷον καὶ ἄμεινον εἴη .. ib. 7.6.44 ); διαβατήρια θύεσθαι, as in Act., Th. 5.54 .

2). metaph., tear in pieces, of wild beasts, A. Ag. 137 (lyr.). (Hence θυμός, cf. Skt.dhūmás, Lat. fumus 'smoke', θυμιάω, θύος, θυήλημα, τύφω, perh. θεῖον (A), Lat. suffire; cf. sq.)