sfagh`nai
sfa±gh`nai , aor. 2 pass. inf. of sfavzw .
sfagiavzomai
sfagiavzomai , f. avsomai , Dep. ( sfavgion ) to slay a victim, sacrifice, Hdt ., Xen.
II. in Act. sfagiavzw , Ar. , Plut. :—hence aor. I pass. part. sfagiasqeiv" , slain, sacrificed, Hdt ., Xen. Hence sfagiasmov"
sfagiasmov"
sfa±giasmov" , oJ , a slaying, sacrificing, Eur ., Plut.
sfavgion
sfavgion »a±1/4, tov , ( sfavzw ) a victim, offering, Soph . ,Eur .:—mostly in pl. , Hdt. , Aesch. , etc.
2. slaughter, sacrifice, in pl. , Eur.
sfavgio"
sfavgio" , a, on , ( sfavzw ) slaying, slaughtering, sf. movro" slaughter, Soph.
sfagiv"
sfa±giv" , ivdo", hJ , ( sfavzw ) a sacrificial knife, Eur.
sfa davzw, SFA DA vZW
SF ØADA vZW or sfadav/zw , only in pres. and impf. to struggle, plunge, of horses, Aesch. , Xen. ; cf. ajsfavdasto" .
2. to struggle, shew impatience, Plut. Hence sfadasmov"
sfadasmov"
sfa±dasmov" , oJ , a spasm, convulsion, Plat.
sfavzw
sfavzw (Root SFAG ), later Att. sfavttw : f. sfavxw : aor. I e[sfaxa :— Pass. , f. 2 sfa±ghvsomai : aor. 2 ejsfavghn »a±1/4 , more rarely aor. I ejsfavcqhn : pf. e[sfagmai :— to slay, slaughter, properly by cutting the throat ( v. sfaghv II ), Hom.
II.
esp.
to slaughter
victims for sacrifice, Il.,
Eur.
2.
generally
to slay, kill,
first applied to human victims,
Pind.
,
Trag.
;
sf. tina; ej" to;n krhth`ra
so that the blood run into the bowl,
Hdt.
sfai`ra, SFA `IRA
SFA `IR ØA , a", hJ , a ball, playing-ball, Od., Plat.
2. any ball: the terrestrial globe, the earth, Strab.
sfairhdovn
sfairhdovn , Adv. like a globe or ball, h|ke dev min sfairhdo;n eJlixavmeno" Il.; and sfairivzw
sfairivzw
sfairivzw , f. Att. iw` , to play at ball, Plat .; and sfairikov"
sfairikov"