θυσία
θυσία
θῠσία, ἡ,
θύω
an offering or mode of offering, Hdt.
in pl. offerings, sacrifices, sacred rites, Batr., Hdt., Attic; θυσίῃσι (Ionic dat. pl.) ἱλάσκεσθαι τὸν θεόν Hdt.; θυσίας ἕρδειν, ἐπιτελέειν, ἀνάγειν Hdt.; of the gods, θυσίαν δέχεσθαι Aesch.
a festival, at which sacrifices were offered, Plat.
the victim or offering itself, Luc.