θύω1
I.Act. to offer part of a meal to the gods, Hom. (who used the word only in the sense of offering or burning, never = σφάξαι, to slaughter for sacrifice); θ. πέλανον, δεῖπνα Aesch.; κριθάς, πυρούς Ar.
2.to sacrifice, i. e. by slaying a victim, τῶι ἡλίωι θ. ἵππους Hdt.; θ. αὑτοῦ παῖδα Aesch.; ἱερεῖα Thuc.:—also simply, to slaughter, slay, Hdt.:—Pass., τὰ τεθυμένα the flesh of the victim, Xen.
3.absol. to sacrifice, offer sacrifices, Hdt., Aesch., etc.
4.to celebrate with offerings or sacrifices, c. acc., Hdt., Xen.
