θυηλή

A. part of a victim offered in burntsacrifice, usu. in pl., ὁ δ’ ἐν πυρὶ βάλλε θυηλάς Il. 9.220, cf. Philoch. 172, Nic. Fr. 62, Ath. 13.566a: generally, sacrifice, ἄνευ θυηλῶν Ar. Av. 1520; θυηλαὶ ἀναίμακτοι AP 6.324.3 (Leon. Alex.); θυσίαι καὶ θ. D.S. 3.62, Porph. Abst. 2.59: metaph., θυηλὴ Ἄρεος an offering to Ares, i.e. the blood of the slain, S. El. 1423; ἄτης θυηλαί cj. Herm. for θύελλαι, A. Ag. 819; cf. θυάλημα, θύλημα.