θυσία

A. burnt-offering, sacrifice, mostly in pl., v.l. in Batr. 176, cf. Emp. 128.6, etc.; ἐν θυσίησι εἶναι Hdt. 8.99; θυσίαισι δέκεσθαί τινα Pi. P. 5.86, cf. I. 5(4).30; θυσίῃσι ἱλάσκεσθαι τὸν θεόν Hdt. 1.50, cf. 6.105; θυσίας ἔρδειν, ἐπιτελέειν, ἀνάγειν, Id. 1.131, 2.63,60: also in sg., θυσίαν ποιεῖσθαι, θύειν, Pl. Smp. 174c, R. 362c; ἄγειν Id. Alc. 2.148e; θ. σωτηρίου, αἰνέσεως, τῆς τελειώσεως, LXX Le. 3.1, 7.2, Ex. 29.34; of the gods, θυσίαν δέχεσθαι A. Th. 701 (lyr.).

2. mode of sacrifice, θ. ἡ αὐτὴ πᾶσι κατέστηκε Hdt. 4.60, cf. 2.39.

3. festival, at which sacrifices were offered, Pl. Phd. 61b, Ti. 26e, al.; θ. καὶ διαγωγαὶ τοῦ συζῆν Arist. Pol. 1280b37, cf. EN 1160a20; περὶ τῶν ἐν Ῥόδῳ θ., title of work by Theognis Hist.

b. generally, rite, ceremony, Plu. 2.693f, Thes. 20.

II. victim, offering, Plu. 2.184f, Luc. Sacr. 12.