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πανώλεθρος

πανώλεθρος, utterly ruined, utterly destroyed

πᾰν-ώλεθρος, ον, (ὄλεθρος)
  • utterly destroyed, π. ἐξαπόλλυται Hdt. 6.37 (v.l. -θρως, found also Apollod. 3.16.2); πανωλέθρους τὸ πᾶν . . ὀλέσθαι S. El. 1009; π. πεσεῖν, γενέσθαι, A. Ch. 934, Eu. 552 (lyr.); πόλιν πανώλεθρον ἐκθαμνίσαι Id. Th. 71; γένος π. ἀναστρέψαι Ar. Av. 1239; π. ξυναρπάσαι τινά S. Aj. 839, etc.
      • 2 in moral sense, utterly abandoned, τοῖς π. Ἀτρείδαις Id. Ph. 322; ἡ π. μήτηρ E. El. 86; οὔτε σὺν πανωλέθροισιν οὔτʼ ἄνευ πανωλέθρων Ar. Lys. 1039.
    • II Act., all-destructive, ruinous, π. κακόν Hdt. 6.85; ἐμβολαί A. Pers. 562 (lyr.); θεός Id. Supp. 414.

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