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ὄλεθρος

ὄλεθρος, ruin, destruction, death

ὄλεθρ-ος, ὁ,
  • ruin, destruction, death, αἰπὺς ὄ. Il. 11.174, al.; λυγρὸς ὄ. 10.174, al.; ὄ. ἀδευκής Od. 4.489; οἴκτιστος ὄ. 23.79; ἵνα ψυχῆς ὤκιστος ὄ. Il. 22.325; ὀλέθρου πείρατα, like τέλος θανάτοιο, the consummation of death, 6.143; ὄ., opp. γένεσις, Parm. 8.21, 27; οὐκ εἰς ὄλεθρον; as an imprecation, plague take thee! S. OT 430; χρημάτων ὀλέθρῳ by destruction of property. Th. 7.27; εἶναι ἐν ὀλέθρῳ Antipho 1.29; ἐπʼ ὀλέθρῳ τῶν χρωμένων E. Ph. 534; ἐκκλησιάζειν ἐπʼ ὀλέθρῳ Ar. Th. 84; οὐκ ἐπὶ δουλείᾳ κολάζοντες οὐδʼ ἐπʼ ὀλέθρῳ Pl. R. 471a: pl., Phld. Rh. 2.140S.
    • II that which causes destruction, pest, plague, Hes. Th. 326; contemptuously of persons, γεγονὼς κακῶς καὶ ἐὼν ὄ. Hdt. 3.142; ὑπὸ γερόντων ὀ. Ar. Lys. 325; ὄ. ἄνθρωπος Eup. 376, cf. Men. 533.13; ὄ. Μακεδών, of Philip, D. 9.31; ὄ. γραμματεύς a pestilent scribe, of Aeschines, Id. 18.127; τὸν βάσκανον, τὸν δʼ ὄ. the cheat, the pest! Id. 21.209; ἀνθρώπους οὐδʼ ἐλευθέρους ἀλλʼ ὀ. Id. 23.202; πολλοὶ ὄ. καὶ μεγάλοι Pl. R. 491b.
    • III seduction, Ἑλένης E. IA 1382 (troch.).

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