σφαγή
σφαγή
σφᾰγή, ἡ,
σφάζω
slaughter, butchery, in sg. and pl., Trag., Plat., etc.; αἵματος σφαγή the blood gushing from the wound, Aesch.; καθάρμοσον σφαγάς close the gaping wound, Eur.
the throat, the spot where the victim is struck (cf. Lat. jugulum, jugulari), in pl., Eur., Thuc.