ὄλλυμι
ollumiVerbG8491
to destroy
Full Lexicon Entry
1.Act. = Lat. perdo
2.to destroy, make an end of, (Homer)
3.to lose, θυμόν, ψυχήν, μένος, *ἦτορ ὀλέσαι *to lose life, (Homer); *πόνον ὀλέσαντες *having lost their labour, (Aeschulus Tragicus)
4.Mid., = Lat. pereo
5.to perish, come to an end, (Homer); also with accusative cognate, κακὸν οἶτον, *κακὸν μόρον ὀλέσθαι *to die by an evil death, (Iliad by Homer):—; ὄλοιο, *ὄλοισθε *may'st thou, may ye, perish! an imprecation, [variant datesTragica Adespota; so, ὀλοίμην, ὄλοιτο, ὄλοιντο, (Sophocles Tragicus)
6.to be ruined, undone, (Homer), attic
7.of things, to be lost, (Homer)
8.perfect ὄλωλα, in sense of Mid., to have perished, to be undone, ruined, (Iliad by Homer), etc.; *τῶν ὀλωλότων *of the dead, (Aeschulus Tragicus)
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