σφᾰγ-εύς,έως,ὁ,
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 .