slaughter over; sacrifice
Ancient Greek word, found 28 times in the texts on Socratos.
Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 2.17.135: … ροις νόμοις ἀκολουθεῖν, ἐξὸν ἐν πύλαις ἀντιβῆναι. Βίωνός τε ἐπιμελῶς κατατρέχοντος τῶν μάντεων, νεκροὺς αὐτὸν ἐπισφάττειν ἔλεγε.
Euripides, Hecuba 505: ὦ φίλτατʼ, ἆρα κἄμʼ ἐπισφάξαι τάφῳ
Euripides, Heracles 602: ἕλξων φονεύσων κἄμʼ ἐπισφάξων ἄναξ·
All forms of ἐπισφάζω