θυσία (thysia)
Short definition (LSJ): mode of sacrifice, θ. ἡ αὐτὴ πᾶσι κατέστηκε
Full entry: Lexicon.
28 occurrences of this form in 18 works (dictionary form exactly as written, accents ignored, v/u and j/i as single letters; inflected forms not included).
Works using this form
- On Abstinence from Animal Food
- Sirach
- Antiquities of the Jews, Book 1
- Antiquities of the Jews, Book 4
- Peace
- On the Mysteries
- Antiquities of the Jews, Book 17
- On Three Virtues, that is to say, on Courage, Humanity, and Repentance
- On the Life of Moses: Books 1-3
- On the Meeting for the sake of receiving Instructions
- On the doctrine that Dreams are sent from God, Books 1-2
- Phaedo
- Timaeus
- Against Epicurus: No Pleasant Life
- Isis and Osiris
- History of the Peloponnesian War
- Anabasis
- Cyropaedia
Example passages
……πόαν, ἧς δρεπόμενοι φύλλα καὶ ῥίζας καὶ τοὺς ὅλους τῆς φύσεως αὐτῶν βλαστοὺς κατέκαιον, ταύτῃ τοὺς φαινομένους οὐρανίους θεοὺς τῇ θυσία δεξιούμενοι καὶ διὰ τοῦ πυρὸς ἀπαθανατίζοντες αὐτοῖς τὰς τιμάς. τούτοις γὰρ καὶ τὸ πῦρ ἀθάνατον ἐφύλαττον ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς, ὡς ὄν μάλιστα αὐτοῖς ὁμοιότατον. ἐκ δὲ τῆς θυμιάσεως τῶν ἀπὸ γῆς θυμιατήριά……
…θυσία ἀνδρὸς δικαίου δεκτή καὶ τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτῆς οὐκ ἐπιλησθήσεται…
……Κάις τοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς γεωργίας καὶ φυτῶν καρποὺς ἐπήνεγκεν, Ἄβελος δὲ γάλα καὶ τὰ πρωτότοκα τῶν βοσκημάτων. ὁ δὲ θεὸς ταύτῃ μᾶλλον ἥδεται τῇ θυσίᾳ τοῖς αὐτομάτοις καὶ κατὰ φύσιν γεγονόσι τιμώμενος, ἀλλʼ οὐχὶ τοῖς κατʼ ἐπίνοιαν ἀνθρώπου πλεονέκτου βίᾳ πεφυκόσιν. ἔνθεν ὁ Κάις παροξυνθεὶς ἐπὶ τῷ προτετιμῆσθαι τὸν Ἄβελον ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ κτείνει τὸν……
Subjects
Sacrifice & worship, Jewish law & temple