θῦμα

A. victim, sacrifice, SIG 56.31 (Argos, v B.C.), A. Ag. 1310, S. Ph. 8,Ar. Av. 901, Wilcken Chr. 1 iii 3 (iii B.C.), etc.; τὸ θ. τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος Th. 5.53; θ. θύειν, θύσασθαι, Pl. Plt. 290e, R. 378a, etc.; usu. of animals, but πάγκαρπα θ. offerings of all fruits, S. El. 634; <ἁγνὰ θ., opp. ἱερεῖα, expld. by Sch. as cakes in the form of animals, Th. 1.126, cf. Pl. Lg. 782c, Poll. 1.26: prov., θ. Δελφόν 'Barmecide's feast', Call. Iamb. 1.98.

2. pl., of animals slaughtered for food, LXX Ge. 43.16.

3. metaph., of persons, θ. λεύσιμον, prob. of Clytemnestra, A. Ag. 1118 (lyr.); πρόκεισθε θύματα τῆς ἡμετέρας ἐξουσίας Hdn. 2.13.5.

II. act of sacrifice, ὧδ’ ἦν τὰ κείνης θ. S. El. 573. [θυμα only Supp.Epigr. 2.518 (Rome, iv A.D.), cf. Hdn.Gr.2.15.]