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παραπόλλυμι

παραπόλλυμι, to destroy besides

παραπόλλυμι,
  • destroy, consume or spend to no purpose, waste, lose, τὸν αῦλον Plu. Virt. doc. 2.439e, cf. Gal. UP 12.5; καιρόν Charito 1.7; ἡλικίαν τὴν ἐκ τῆς Ἰταλίας D.C. 74.2:—more freq. in Med. and Pass., with pf. 2 παραπόλωλα, perish, παραπολεῖ βοώμενος Ar. V. 1228; παραπόλωλεν ἡ τέχνη Dionys.Com. 2.35; ἠτίμωται καὶ παραπόλωλεν D. 21.91; ἀκαρὴς παραπόλωλας Men. 835; ὁ βίος μελλησμῷ παραπόλλυται Epicur. Sent. Vat. 14; λιμῷ παραπολοῦμαι PCair.Zen. 160.5 (iii B. C.), cf. PPetr. 3 p.74 (iii B.C.), Sor. 1.31; οἷος τεχνίτης παραπόλλυμαι, = qualis artifex pereo! D.C. 63.29.

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