ταυρο-σφᾰγέω · tauro-sphageō — LSJ
cut a bullʼs throat, cut its throat
cut a bullʼs throat, τ. ἐς σάκος cut its throat (so that the blood runs) into a hollow shield, A. Th. 43, cf. Sch. Ar. Lys. 189.
The corpus record
ταυρο-σφᾰγέω
taurosphageo
cut a bullʼs throat
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Where it lives
- Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- ταυροσφαγοῦντες · taurosphagountes Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 42–48
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.