θῦμα, ατος, τό,
(θύω A) victim, sacrifice, [[ “SIG” 56.31 (Argos, 5th c.BC), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1310, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 8, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 901, Wilcken “Chr.” 1 iii 3 (3rd c.BC), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ θ. τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.53 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. θύειν, θύσασθαι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 290e, “R.” 378a, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; usually of animals, but πάγκαρπα θ. offerings of all fruits, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 634 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [ἁγνὰ] θ., opposed to ἱερεῖα, explained by Scholia as cakes in the form of animals, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 782c, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.26: proverbial, θ. Δελφόν] Refs 5th c.BC+] 'Barmecide's feast', [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Iambi” 1.98. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 plural, of animals slaughtered for food, [[ LXX.Gen.43.16. ] LXX]
__3 metaphorically, of persons, θ. λεύσιμον, probably of Clytemnestra, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1118 (Lyric poetry); πρόκεισθε θύματα τῆς ἡμετέρας ἐξουσίας 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.13.5. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II act of sacrifice, ὧδ᾽ ἦν τὰ κείνης θ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 573. [θῠμα only “Supp.epigram” 2.518 (Rome, 4th c.AD), cf. Hdn.Gr.2.15.] ] Refs 5th c.BC+]