θῠσί-α,
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, (θύω) properly burnt-offering, sacrifice, mostly in plural, variant in [[ Batrachomyomachia 176, compare 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 128.6, etc.; ἐν θυσίησι εἶναι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.99; θυσίαισι δέκεσθαί τινα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.86, compare “I.” 5(4).30; θυσίῃσι ἱλάσκεσθαι τὸν θεόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.50, compare 6.105 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θυσίας ἔρδειν, ἐπιτελέειν, ἀνάγειν, [[ [prev. author] 1.131, 2.63, 60: also in _sing._, θυσίαν ποιεῖσθαι, θύειν, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 174c, “R.” 362c; ἄγειν [prev. author] Alcaeus2.148e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. σωτηρίου, αἰνέσεως, τῆς τελειώσεως, [[ LXX.Lev.3.1, 7.2, LXX.Exo.29.34 ] LXX]; of the gods, θυσίαν δέχεσθαι [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 701 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 mode of sacrifice, θ. ἡ αὐτὴ πᾶσι κατέστηκε [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.60, compare 2.39. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 festival, at which sacrifices were offered, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 61b, “Ti.” 26e, +others; θ. καὶ διαγωγαὶ τοῦ συζῆν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1280b37, compare “EN” 1160a20 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ τῶν ἐν Ῥόδῳ θ., title of work by Theognis Hist.
__3.b generally, rite, ceremony, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.693f, “Thes.” 20. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II victim, offering, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.184f, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sacr.” 12. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]