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ἐπι^θύω , (θύω A)
A.sacrifice upon, h.Ap.491 (tm.); sacrifice besides or after, “τέλεον νεαροῖς ἐπιθύσας” A.Ag.1504; “ἐπὶ δ᾽ ἔθυσα μητέρα” E.Or. 562:—Med., Νέρωνι Τάλβαν ἐ. Plu.Galb.14, cf. Marc.29, Artem.1.12.
II.. burn incense, LXX3 Ki.12.33, J.BJ7.3.3, D.S.12.11, 18.61, Porph.Abst.2.59; “λιβανωτόν” D.S.18.61, v.l. in Ar.Pl.1116: generally, offer on, “ἐπὶ τοῦ βωμοῦ τὰς δεκάτας” D.H.1.40 codd.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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