θῦμα,ατος,τό, (θύωA)
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, butπάγκαρπα θ.offeringsof all fruits, S. El. 634 ; <ἁγνὰ> θ., opp.ἱερεῖα, expld. by Sch. ascakes 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., ofanimals slaughteredfor 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 . [θῠμαonly Supp.Epigr. 2.518 (Rome,iv A.D.), cf. Hdn.Gr. 2.15 .]