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sacrifice
subs.
P. and V. θῠσία, ἡ, θῦμα, τό ; see also rite, slaughter.
Victim:
P. and V. θῦμα, τό. σφά̆γιον, τό (generally pl.), Ar. and P. ἱερεῖον, τό, Ar. and V. σφᾰγεῖον, τό, V. θύος, τό, θῠτήριον, τό, πρόσφαγμα, τό χρηστήριον, τό ; see victim.
For account of sacrifice see Eur. Electra, 800 to 838.
Fit for sacrifice
(of a beast), adj.: Ar. θύ̆σῐμος.
Burnt offering:
V. ἔμπῠρα, τά.
Initiatory sacrifice:
P. and V. προτέλεια, τά (Plat.), Ar. προθύ̄μᾰτα, τά.
Make sacrifice:
P. and V. θύ̄ειν, P. ἱερὰ ποιεῖν, ἱεροποιεῖν, V. ῥέζειν, θῡηπολεῖν (also Plat. but rare P.).
Make rich sacrifice:
V. πολυθύτους τεύχειν σφαγάς (Soph. Tr. 756).
Sacrifices at crossing
(a river, etc.): P. διαβατήρια, τά (Thuc. 5.54).
Obtain favourable omens in a sacrifice,
v.: Ar. and P. καλλιερεῖσθαι.
The flame of sacrifice:
V. θυηφά̆γος φλόξ ἡ (Aesch. Ag. 597).
The altar of sacrifice:
V. δεξί̆μηλος ἐσχά̆ρα ἡ (Eur. And. 1138).
On the altar of sacrifice:
Ar. βουθύτοις ἐπʼ ἐσχάραις (Av. 1232).
The town is filled with sacrifices by my seers to rout the enemy and the city:
V. θυηπολεῖται δʼ ἄστυ μάντεων ὕπο τροπαῖα τʼ ἐχθρῶν καὶ πόλει σωτήρια (Eur. Heracl. 401).
On days of sacrifice:
V. βουθύτοις ἐν ἤμασι (Aesch. Choe. 261).
Magistrates who look after sacrifices:
P. ἱεροποιοί, οἱ.
The reek of sacrifice:
Ar. ἱερόθῠτος καπνός, ὁ ; see reek.
Met., loss: P. ἀποβολή, ἡ.
You alone of the Greeks ought to make this sacrifice for us:
P. ὀφείλετε μόνοι τῶν Ἑλλήνων τοῦτον τὸν ἔρανον (Isoc. 307e).
sacrifice
v. trans.
P. and V. θύ̄ειν (ῠ Eur. El. 1141), V. σφάζειν, ἐκθύ̄ειν, ῥέζειν, ἔρδειν.
Have sacrificed:
P. and V. θύεσθαι (mid.).
Sacrifice after:
V. ἐπισφάζειν.
Sacrifice before:
P. and V. προθύειν, V. προσφάζειν.
Sacrifice over:
V. ἐπισφάζειν (τινά τινι).
Sacrifice with another:
P. and V. συνθύειν (absol. or dat.).
Absol., do sacrifice: see under sacrifice, subs.;
Sacrifice bulls:
V. ταυροκτονεῖν.
Sacrifice sheep:
Ar. and V. μηλοσφᾰγεῖν.
Sacrifice oxen:
V. βουσφᾰγεῖν, Ar. and V. βουθῠτεῖν.
Met., give up (persons or things): P. and V. προδί̆δοναι, P. προΐεσθαι.
Give up
(things): P. and V. προπί̄νειν.
Expend:
P. and V. ἀ̆νᾱλίσκειν.
Lose:
Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποβάλλειν.
Sacrifice
(one thing to another): P. ὕστερον νομίζειν (τι πρός τι), V. ἱστά̆ναι (τι ὄπισθέ τινος).
I did not sacrifice the rights of the many to the favour of the few rich:
P. οὐ τὰς παρὰ τῶν πλουσίων χάριτας μᾶλλον ἢ τὰ τῶν πολλῶν δίκαια εἱλόμην (Dem. 263).
Sacrificing the welfare of your country to the delight and gratification of hearing scandal:
P. τῆς ἐπὶ ταῖς λοιδορίαις ἡδονῆς καὶ χάριτος τὸ τῆς πόλεως συμφέρον ἀνταλλασσόμενοι (Dem. 273).

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