ἐξερημόω,
make quite desolate, ἐ. οἶκον leave it destitute of heirs, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.76, cf. LXX.Lev.26.31, +others; ἐξερημῶσαι γένος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1010 (but ἐ. δόμους] LXX+5th c.BC+] abandon them, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 597, 991); πόλεις -ωμένας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 332e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τὰ ἑαυτῶν leaving their own places destitute (of troops), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 4.47 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δράκοντος γένυν ἐ. making it destitute of teeth, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 253 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, to be left destitute, Ἑλλὰς ἐξερημωθεῖσα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 647; εἰς τὸν ἐξηρημωμένον.. οἶκον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 925c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]