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ὀλέκω

ὀλέκω, to ruin, destroy, kill

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ὀλέκοντα present active participle neuter nominative plural, present active participle neuter vocative plural, present active participle neuter accusative plural, present active participle masculine accusative singular of ὀλέκω

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ὀλέκω, impf. without augm. ὄλεκον Il. 11.150; Iterat. ὀλέκεσκον (v.l. ὀλέεσκον) 19.135:—pres. ὀλέσκω Phot., Suid.:—
  • ruin, destroy, kill, Hom. always in last sense, and mostly of men, οἱ δʼ ἀλλήλους ὀλέκουσιν Il. 18.172, cf. 15.249, Theoc. 22.108, etc.; but in Od. 22.305, of birds which prey on smaller birds, οἱ δέ τε τὰς ὀλέκουσιν ἐπάλμενοι: in Philos., τίκτει τʼ ὀλέκει τε Emp. 17.4:—Pass., perish, die, esp. a violent death, ὀλέκοντο δὲ λαοί Il. 1.10, cf. 16.17.—Chiefly Ep., used by Trag. only in lyr., once in Act., τί μʼ ὀλέκεις; S. Ant. 1285 (lyr.); twice in Pass., ὀλέκει A. Pr. 563 (anap.); ὠλεκόμαν S. Tr. 1012 (lyr.): later, LXX Jb. 10.16:—Pass., ib. 17.1.

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