Σφαγιάζειν
to slaughter
Translated by David Whitehead6 Nov 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σφαγιάζειν· τὸ θυσίας ἐπιτελεῖν. Ἡρόδοτος· ὅς, ἐπεὶ ἐσφαγιάζετο Παυσανίης, καθήμενος ἐν τῇ τάξει ἐτραυματίσθη τοξεύματι τὰ πλευρά.
Betacode
*sfagia/zein: to\ qusi/as e)pitelei=n. *(hro/dotos: o(/s, e)pei\ e)sfagia/zeto *pausani/hs, kaqh/menos e)n th=| ta/cei e)traumati/sqh toceu/mati ta\ pleura/.
Notes (1)
- cf. generally sigma 1702, sigma 1704, sigma 1705.
- 1Herodotus 9.72.1, on Kallikrates at the Battle of Plataiai (web address 1). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- σ1705Σφαγίδιονslaughterer, little slaughterer[Meaning] the knife of cooks. Also [sc. attested is] sfagi/s, [genitive] sfagi/dos, [meaning] the same.
- σ1714Σφάκτριαιsacrificing-women, slaughtering-women[Meaning] priestesses. "All the mystically consecrated sacrificing-women, having been left behind with the sacred equipment and raising their naked swords, and having their hands full of blood and even their faces, but…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 5 Jan 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more x-refs; tweaks — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead