captives who were sacrificed and offered to the deities or divinities (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
teomicque. captiuos sacrificados y muertos ante los idolos. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 101r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.