ὀλέκω,impf.without augm.
A.
ὄλεκον
Il. 11.150
; Iterat.ὀλέκεσκον( v.l. ὀλέεσκον ) 19.135 :—pres. ὀλέσκω
Phot. , Suid. :—ruin, destroy, kill,
Hom. always in last sense, and mostly of men, οἱ δ' ἀλλήλους ὀλέκουσιν
Il. 18.172
, cf. 15.249 , Theoc. 22.108 , etc. ; but in Od. 22.305 , of birds whichpreyon smaller birds,οἱ δέ τε τὰς ὀλέκουσιν ἐπάλμενοι: in Philos., τίκτει τ' ὀλέκει τε
Emp. 17.4
:— Pass. ,perish, die,esp. a violent death, ὀλέκοντο δὲ λαοί
Il. 1.10
, cf. 16.17 .—Chiefly Ep. , used by Trag. only in lyr., once in Act. ,τί μ' ὀλέκεις; S. Ant. 1285 (lyr.); twice in Pass. , ὀλέκει
A. Pr. 563
(anap.); ὠλεκόμαν