ruin, destruction, death,
ὄλεθρ-ος,ὁ,
A. 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 consummationof death,
6.143 ;ὄ.,opp.γένεσις,
Parm. 8.21 , 27 ;οὐκ εἰς ὄλεθρον; as an imprecation,plague take thee!
S. OT 430 ; χρημάτων ὀλέθρῳbydestructionof property. Th. 7.27 ; εἶναι ἐν ὀλέθρῳ
Antipho 1.29
; ἐπ' ὀλέθρῳ τῶν χρωμένων
E. Ph. 534
; ἐκκλησιάζειν ἐπ' ὀλέθρῳ
Ar. Th. 84
; οὐκ ἐπὶ δουλείᾳ κολάζοντες οὐδ' ἐπ' 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. γραμματεύςapestilentscribe, of Aeschines, Id. 18.127 ;τὸν βάσκανον, τὸν δ' ὄ.the cheat, thepest!
Id. 21.209 ; ἀνθρώπους οὐδ' ἐλευθέρους ἀλλ' ὀ.
Id. 23.202
; πολλοὶ ὄ. καὶ μεγάλοι
Pl. R. 491b
.
III. seduction,
Ἑλένης
E. IA 1382
(troch.).
