σφάγιος

α, ον
A. slaying, slaughtering, ς. μόρος slaughter, S. Ant. 1291 (lyr.); fatal, deadly, Hp. Fract. 35; ς. ξίφεα Man. 1.316.
II. σφαγία· ἡ τῆς ἱερουργίας ἡμέρα, Hsch.
III. of the throat, σύριγγες Max. 169.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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