STEP Liddell–Scott–Jones: ἀπολλύω

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or ἀπολλύω [[(5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.25, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 608e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1297a12, but _falsa lectio_ in 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 580] Refs 5th c.BC+]; the form is rejected by [[ 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.10 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus 12)] Refs 5th c.BC+], imperfect ἀπώλλυν[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 652(Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1360, ἀπώλλυον 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.58: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]future ἀπολέσω, Epic dialect ἀπολέσσω, Attic dialect ἀπολῶ, Ionic dialect ἀπολέω[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.34, +others: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἀπώλεσα, Epic dialect ἀπόλεσσα: perfect ἀπολώλεκα:—frequently in tmesi in Epic dialect; preposition postponed in [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.534:] Refs 8th c.BC+] —stronger form of ὄλλυμι, destroy utterly, kill, in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] mostly of death in battle, ἀπώλεσε λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν[[ 11.5.758, +others; ἐκπάγλως ἀπόλεσσαν [prev. work] 1.268] Refs]; also of things, demolish, lay waste, ἀπώλεσεν Ἴλιον ἱρήν [[[prev. work] 5.648] Refs], etc.; generally, βίοτον δ᾽ ἀπὸ πάμπαν ὀλέσσει will waste my substance, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.49] Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἵ μ᾽ ἀπωλλύτην sought to destroy me (imperfect sense), [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1454] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in pregnant sense, ἐπεί με γᾶς ἐκ πατρίας ἀπώλεσε drove me ruined from.., [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 946] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς παρ᾽ ἡμέραν χάριτος τὰ μέγιστα τῆς πόλεως ἀ. for the sake of.., [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.70. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]

__2 λόγοις or λέγων ἀ. τινά talk or bore one to death, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1360, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 892 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, alone, in future ἀπολεῖς με[[ [prev. author] “Ach.” 470; οἴμ᾽ ὡς ἀπολεῖς με 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 108.20] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπολεῖ μ᾽ οὑτοσί by his questions, [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 222.8, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]

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__B middle, ἀπόλλῠμαι: future -ολοῦμαι, Ionic dialect -ολέομαι[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.218: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist 2 -ωλόμην: perfect -όλωλα, whence the barbarous imperfect ἀπόλωλο[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1212: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]pluperfect in Attic dialect Prose sometimes written ἀπωλώλειν in codices, as [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.133, 7.27] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—perish, die, [[ 11.1.117] Refs], etc.; cease to exist, opposed to γίγνεσθαι, [[ 5th c.BC: Melissus Philosophus 8, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 156b, etc.: sometimes with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἀπόλωλε κακὸν μόρον 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.166; ἀπωλόμεθ᾽ αἰπὺν ὄλεθρον [prev. work] 9.303: with _dative_ modi, ἀπώλετο λυγρῷ ὀλέθρῳ (variant{λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον}) [prev. work] 3.87; ἀ. ὑπό τινος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.126] Refs 8th c.BC+]; simply, to be undone, αὐτῶν.. ἀπωλόμεθ᾽ ἀφραδίῃσιν[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.27; ἀπωλώλει τῷ φόβῳ μή.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.2: frequently in _Attic dialect_, especially in ] Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect, ἀπόλωλας you are lost, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1077; ἀπωλόμεθ᾽ ἂν εἰ μὴ ἀπολώλειμεν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.185f; ἱκανὸν χρόνον ἀπολλύμεθα καὶ κατατετρίμμεθα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 355; βλέπειν ἀπολωλός 3rd c.AD: Philostratus Junior Sophista “Imagines” 2:—as an imprecation, κάκιστ᾽ ἀπολοίμην εἰ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 151, +others; κακὸς κακῶς ἀπόλοιθ᾽ ὅστις.. 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 116; ἐξώλης ἀπόλοιθ᾽ ὅστις.. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 154] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπολλύμενος, opposed to σῳζόμενος, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.36, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.469d: frequently in ] Refs 5th c.BC+]participle future, κάκιστ᾽ ἀπολούμενε o destined to a miserable end! i.e. o thou villain, scoundrel, knave! [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 713, compare 456, “Ach.” 865, “Pax” 2; ὁ κάκιστ᾽ ἀνέμων ἀ. 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 14.2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]