Σφαγιαζόμενος
victim-slaughtering
Translated by David Whitehead30 May 2014Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning one who is] fulfilling a sacrifice through victim-slaughters. "Either after supposing [that this was] a Zeus-omen or by victim-slaughtering, his opinion was that the sacrifices did not signify a good outcome, and that it was advantageous to be watchful for the opportunity".1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σφαγιαζόμενος· διὰ σφαγίων θυσίαν ἐπιτελῶν. ὁ δὲ εἴτε διοσημίαν οἰηθεὶς εἶναι εἴτε σφαγιαζόμενος, οὐκ ἀγαθὴν τὴν ἀπόβασιν σημαίνειν λογιζόμενος τὰ θύματα, συμφέρειν ἐλογίζετο φυλάξασθαι τὸν καιρόν.
Betacode
*sfagiazo/menos: dia\ sfagi/wn qusi/an e)pitelw=n. o( de\ ei)/te dioshmi/an oi)hqei\s ei)=nai ei)/te sfagiazo/menos, ou)k a)gaqh\n th\n a)po/basin shmai/nein logizo/menos ta\ qu/mata, sumfe/rein e)logi/zeto fula/casqai to\n kairo/n.
Notes (1)
- The headword -- present participle, masculine nominative singular, of
sfagia/zomai -- is presumably extracted from the quotation given. - 1Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. ↩
Linked from2 entries
- σ1703Σφαγιάζεινto slaughterThe [verb that means] to perform sacrifices. Herodotus [writes]: "he, while Pausanias was slaughtering, sat in line and was wounded in the chest by an arrow".
- σ1705Σφαγίδιονslaughterer, little slaughterer[Meaning] the knife of cooks. Also [sc. attested is] sfagi/s, [genitive] sfagi/dos, [meaning] the same.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 30 May 2014
- expanded primary note; raised status — David Whitehead
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead