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ἐπισφάζω

ἐπισφάζω, to slaughter over

ἐπισφάζω, later ἐπι-σφάττω,
  • slaughter over or upon, esp. of sacrifices at a tomb, κἄμʼ ἐπισφάξαι τάφῳ E. Hec. 505; πρόβατά τινι ἐ. sacrifice them to the dead, X. Cyr. 7.3.7 (Pass.).
      • 2 αἷμα μηλείου φόνου ἐ. shed the blood of slaughtered sheep over, E. El. 92, cf. 281; αἷμʼ ἐπισφάξας νέον Id. Sthen. p.44 A.:—Pass., αἷμα ἀρτίως ἐπεσφαγμένον Arist. Col. 796a15.
    • II kill upon or besides, τρίτον θῦμʼ ὡς ἐπισφάξων δυοῖν E. HF 995, cf. X. An. 1.8.29 (also ἑαυτὸν ἐπισφάξασθαι ibid.); Ἀντώνιον ἐ. Καίσαρι Plu. Brut. 18:—Pass., ἐπεσφάγη τοῖς παισίν J. BJ 5.131, cf. Philostr. VA 4.16.
      • 2 kill over again, νεκρούς D.L. 2.135.
    • III dispatch, strike the death-blow, Thphr. ap. Porph. Abst. 2.30, Plu. Ant. 76: metaph., talk one to death, Luc. JTr. 43.

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