ὄλεθρ-ος, ὁ,
ruin, destruction, death, αἰπὺς ὄ. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.174, +others; λυγρὸς ὄ. 10.174, +others; ὄ. ἀδευκής 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.489; οἴκτιστος ὄ. 23.79; ἵνα ψυχῆς ὤκιστος ὄ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.325 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀλέθρου πείρατα, like{τέλος θανάτοιο}, the consummation of death, [[ 6.143 ] Refs]; ὄ., opposed to γένεσις, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.21, 27 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐκ εἰς ὄλεθρο; as an imprecation, plague take thee! [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 430 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρημάτων ὀλέθρῳ by destruction of property. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.27; εἶναι ἐν ὀλέθρῳ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.29; ἐπ᾽ ὀλέθρῳ τῶν χρωμένων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 534; ἐκκλησιάζειν ἐπ᾽ ὀλέθρῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 84; οὐκ ἐπὶ δουλείᾳ κολάζοντες οὐδ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ὀλέθρῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 471a: _plural_, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.140S. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II that which causes destruction, pest, plague, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 326 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; contemptuously of persons, γεγονὼς κακῶς καὶ ἐὼν ὄ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.142; ὑπὸ γερόντων ὀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 325; ὄ. ἄνθρωπος 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 376, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 533.13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄ. Μακεδών, of Philip, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.31 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὄ. γραμματεύς a pestilent scribe, of Aeschines, [[ [prev. author] 18.127 ] Refs]; τὸν βάσκανον, τὸν δ᾽ ὄ. the cheat, the pest! [[ [prev. author] 21.209; ἀνθρώπους οὐδ᾽ ἐλευθέρους ἀλλ᾽ ὀ. [prev. author] 23.202; πολλοὶ ὄ. καὶ μεγάλοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 491b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]