ὀλέκω,
imperfect without augment ὄλεκον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.150; Iterat. ὀλέκεσκον (variant{ὀλέεσκον}) 19.135 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—present ὀλέσκω [[ 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc., 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus ] Refs 9th c.AD+]:—ruin, destroy, kill, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] always in last sense, and mostly of men, οἱ δ᾽ ἀλλήλους ὀλέκουσιν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.172, compare 15.249, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.108, etc.; but in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.305 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], of birds which prey on smaller birds, οἱ δέ τε τὰς ὀλέκουσιν ἐπάλμενοι: in Philos., τίκτει τ᾽ ὀλέκει τε [[ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 17.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, perish, die, especially a violent death, ὀλέκοντο δὲ λαοί [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.10, compare 16.17.] Refs 8th c.BC+] —Chiefly _Epic dialect_, used by Trag. only in Lyric poetry, once in active, τί μ᾽ ὀλέκει; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1285 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; twice in passive, ὀλέκει [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 563 (_anapaest meter_); ὠλεκόμαν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1012 (Lyric poetry): later, LXX.Job.10.16:—] LXX+5th c.BC+]passive [[, [prev. work] 17.1. ] Refs]