ἐρημ-όω,
strip bare, desolate, lay waste, ἱερὰ θεῶν [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.58; τὴν χώραν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.21; πλοῦτον LXX.Sir.21.4; ὁ κτίζων καὶ ἐρημῶν θεός “POsl.” 1.105 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐρημωθείσης Κρήτης [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.171; πόλεις ἠρημώθησαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.23; μιᾷ ὥρᾳ ἠρημώθη ὁ τοσοῦτος πλοῦτος NT.Rev.18.17. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__II bereave one of a thing, with double accusative, ἐ. τινὰ εὐφροσύνας μέρος [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.97: with _accusative_ et _genitive_, ἀνδρῶν ἐ. ἑστίαν [prev. author] “I.” 4(3).17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ναυβατῶν ἐρετμά to leave the oars without men, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1609 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑαυτὸν ἐρημοῖς (i.e. φίλων) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus39] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be bereft of, ἀνδρῶν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.164; συμμάχων [prev. author] 7.174; Μίλητος Μιλησίων ἠρήμωτο [prev. author] 6.22; ἄρσενος θρόνου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 260; πατρός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 805; τὰ ἐρημούμενα φυλακῆς ] Refs 5th c.BC+]left without, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Eq. Mag.” 4.18. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 set free, deliver from, Διὸς ἄλσος ἠρήμωσε λέοντος [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 360 (Lyric poetry); Ἀσίαν Περσικῶν ὅπλων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cimon” 12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, πνεῦμα ὀσμῶν ἐρημωθέν being free from.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 66e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III abandon, desert, ἑὸν χῶρον [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.269; τάξιν ἠρήμου θανών 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 298, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 314, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 865e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. Συρακούσας to evacuate it, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τόνδ᾽ ἐρημώσασ᾽ ὄχον having left it empty, by stepping out of it, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1070 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, [πόλιν] ἐρημοῦσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν πατρικίων [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 11.9. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]