The corpus record

βου-θῠτέω

bouthuteo

slay, sacrifice oxen, sacrifice, slaughter

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Where it lives

Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

βου-θῠτέω · bou-thyteō — LSJ

slay, sacrifice oxen, sacrifice, slaughter

slay or sacrifice oxen, S. OC 888, E. El. 785, Jul. Mis. 362c, etc.: also in later Prose, Plb. 32.15.2, D.C. 42.28, al.: generally, sacrifice, slaughter, β. ὗν καὶ τράγον καὶ κριόν Ar. Pl. 819; τὰς θυσίας τὰς καθηκούσας IG 2.594.5; τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι ib. 12(7).389.16, cf. POxy. 1021.16 (i A. D.).

In the wild

βουθυτεῖν · bouthytein Euripides, Electra *)/aggelos.805 (DIORISIS sentence 519)
βουθυτεῖν · bouthytein Euripides, Hecuba 260 (DIORISIS sentence 113)
βουθυτεῖ · bouthytei Euripides, Ion (DIORISIS sentence 705)
ἐβουθυτοῦμεν · ebouthytoumen Euripides, Trojan Women 1240 (DIORISIS sentence 621)
βουθυτοῦντά · bouthytounta Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 887–888
ἐβουθύτει · ebouthytei Xenophon, Hellenica 4.3.14 (DIORISIS sentence 1452)

Where it came from

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