Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σφάγιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σφάγιος σφάγιᾱ σφάγιον

Structure: σφαγι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sfa/zw

Sense

  1. slaying, slaughtering, slaughter

Examples

  • περὶ δὲ τὸν Μνασίππου θάνατον ἐτύγχανεν ὢν τῆσ Λακωνικῆσ περὶ τὰσ Σφαγίασ. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 2 34:1)

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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