Βουθυτεῖ
is ox-sacrificing [to]
Translated by Jennifer Benedict12 Dec 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Used] with a dative. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "the master is ox-sacrificing inside."1 Bouthusia ["ox-sacrifice"] is said incorrectly, to signify grandness of scale and the fullness of the sacrifice, which they call a "hecatomb"2 and a "trittys".3