A.carnage, esp. on the field of battle, “ἀσπαίροντας ἐν ἀργαλέῃσι φονῇσιν” Il.10.521; “ἐν φοναῖς καλῶς πεσόντ᾽” A.Ag.447 (lyr.); “ἐν φοναῖς πεπτῶτ᾽ ἄθαπτον” S.Ant.696; “ἔτι ἐν τῇσι φονῇσι ἐόντας” Hdt.9.76; “κομισθέντα ἐκ τῶν φονῶν” Ael.NA5.1; also of slain beasts, “θηρὶ μαχέσσασθαι ἕλικος βοὸς ἀμφὶ φονῇσιν” Il.15.633; “ἐν φοναῖς θηροκτόνοις” E.Hel.154.
II. blood shed by slaying, θῆκέ τ᾽ Αἴγισθον ἐν φοναῖς laid him weltering in his blood, Pi.P.11.37, cf. Ael.NA1.18,3.21; φονῶν is prob. for φόνων in S.El.11, Tr.558; so ἑρπετὰ καὶ δάκετα . . ὑπ᾽ ἐμᾶς πτέρυγος ἐν φοναῖς ὄλλυται come to a bloody end, Ar.Av.1070 (lyr., paratrag.); ποίῳ δὲ κἀπελύσατ᾽ ἐν φοναῖς τρόπῳ; what was the manner of her bloody end? S.Ant.1314; φοναῖς murderously, ib.1003 (expld. as Adj. by Sch., cf. φονός).