σφαγεύς

A. slayer, butcher, E. Rh.. 254 (lyr.), IT 623, HF 451, etc.; at a sacrifice, SIG 1025.44 (Cos, iv/iii B.C.); murderer, cut-throat. Decr. ap. And. 1.78, D. 13.32; ὁ σφαγεὺς ἕστηκε, of the sword on which Ajax is about to throw himself, S. Aj. 815; sacrificial knife, spit, E. Andr. 1134.