ὀλέθρ-ιος, ον,
[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1084 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 334d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but α, ον [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.112, LXX.Wis.18.15, and frequently in Trag. (see. below)] LXX+5th c.BC+]:— destructive, deadly, ὀ. ἦμαρ the day of destruction, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.294, 409, compare ἐλεύθερον ἦμαρ,] Refs 8th c.BC+] etc.; so μανίη πάγχυ ὀ. Hdt. [prev. cited]; ὀ. μόρος [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 704; ἔξω κομίζων ὀλεθρίου πηλοῦ πόδα [prev. author] “Ch.” 697; κότος ὀ. [prev. work] 952 (Lyric poetry) ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὀλεθρία νύξ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1683 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; ψῆφος ὀλεθρία a vote of death, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 198: in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 799, ἔξοδον.. ὀλεθρίαν ἐλπίζει φέρειν seems to be ={φέρειν εἰς ὄλεθρον}: _accusative_ _sing._ _masculine_ predicatively used, ἀλλά μ᾽ ἁ.. θεὸς ὀλέθριον αἰκίζει] Refs 5th c.BC+] fatally, [[[prev. work] 402 (Lyric poetry)] Refs]:—rare in Prose, as [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 389d, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.522; νόσοι 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.57 W. (_superlative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -ίως[[ 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 132.16. ] Refs]
__2 c.genitive, γάμοι Πάριδος ὀλέθριοι φίλων bringing ruin on his friends, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1156 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 with dative, as substantive, ψύλλοις ὀλέθριον, name of a fluid, [[ 3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus “de Venenatis Animalibus” 12.4. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]