A.“-εσφάκειν” D.C.78.7:—Pass., aor. -εσφάγην [υ^] Hdt.4.84: fut. “-σφα^γήσομαι” Ar.Th.750:—cut the throat of a person, ἀ. τινὰ ἐς ἄγγος so that the blood runs into a pail, Hdt.4.62: generally, slay, Ar.Ach.327, Th.7.86, Pl.l.c., etc.:—Med., cut one's throat, X.Cyr. 3.1.25:—Pass., “ἀποσφαγείην πρότερον ἂν ἢ καθυφείμην” Men.Epit.184.
ἀποσφάζω , in Att. Prose ἀποσυν-σφάττω Lys.13.78, Pl.Euthphr.4c, etc.: plpf.