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σφάζω

sphazo

slay, slaughter

Appears 48 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

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. 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:—A. slay, slaughter, properly by cutting the throat (v. σφαγή II), in Hom. always of cattle, μῆλʼ 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.; ἔσφαζʼ ἐπʼ ὤμων μόσχον cut its throat, as it hung from the servantʼs 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. 3. of any slaughter by knife or sword, Hdt. 5.25, 7.107; σ. ἑαυτόν Th. 2.92; σ. καὶ ἐκδέρειν Pl. Euthd. 301c; τὸν ἴδιον ἀδελφόν PMag.Osl. 1.5, cf. 1 Ep.Jo. 3.12. 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.).
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