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|Full diacritics=ὄλεθρος
|Medium diacritics=ὄλεθρος
|Low diacritics=όλεθρος
|Capitals=ΟΛΕΘΡΟΣ
|Transliteration A=ólethros
|Transliteration B=olethros
|Transliteration C=olethros
|Beta Code=o)/leqros
|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">ruin, destruction, death</b>, αἰπὺς ὄ. <span class="bibl">Il.11.174</span>, al. ; λυγρὸς ὄ. <span class="bibl">10.174</span>, al. ; ὄ. ἀδευκής <span class="bibl">Od.4.489</span> ; οἴκτιστος ὄ. <span class="bibl">23.79</span> ; ἵνα ψυχῆς ὤκιστος ὄ. <span class="bibl">Il.22.325</span> ; <b class="b3">ὀλέθρου πείρατα</b>, like [[τέλος θανάτοιο]], the consummation <b class="b2">of death</b>, <span class="bibl">6.143</span> ; <b class="b3">ὄ</b>., opp. <b class="b3">γένεσις</b>, <span class="bibl">Parm.8.21</span>, <span class="bibl">27</span> ; <b class="b3">οὐκ εἰς ὄλεθρον</b> ; as an imprecation, <b class="b2">plague take thee!</b> <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>430</span> ; <b class="b3">χρημάτων ὀλέθρῳ</b> by <b class="b2">destruction</b> of property. <span class="bibl">Th.7.27</span> ; εἶναι ἐν ὀλέθρῳ <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.29</span> ; ἐπ' ὀλέθρῳ τῶν χρωμένων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>534</span> ; ἐκκλησιάζειν ἐπ' ὀλέθρῳ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>84</span> ; οὐκ ἐπὶ δουλείᾳ κολάζοντες οὐδ' ἐπ' ὀλέθρῳ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 471a</span> : pl., Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.140S. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">that which causes destruction, pest, plague</b>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>326</span> ; contemptuously of persons, γεγονὼς κακῶς καὶ ἐὼν ὄ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.142</span> ; ὑπὸ γερόντων ὀ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>325</span> ; ὄ. ἄνθρωπος <span class="bibl">Eup. 376</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Men.533.13</span> ; <b class="b3">ὄ. Μακεδών</b>, of Philip, <span class="bibl">D.9.31</span> ; <b class="b3">ὄ. γραμματεύς</b> a <b class="b2">pestilent</b> scribe, of Aeschines, <span class="bibl">Id.18.127</span> ; <b class="b3">τὸν βάσκανον, τὸν δ' ὄ</b>. the cheat, the <b class="b2">pest!</b> <span class="bibl">Id.21.209</span> ; ἀνθρώπους οὐδ' ἐλευθέρους ἀλλ' ὀ. <span class="bibl">Id.23.202</span> ; πολλοὶ ὄ. καὶ μεγάλοι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>491b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">seduction</b>, Ἑλένης <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">IA</span>1382</span> (troch.).</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0319.png Seite 319]] ὁ (ὀλέσθαι), <b class="b2">Verderben</b>, bes. Untergang, Tod; λυγρὸς ὄλ., im Ggstz von βιῶναι, Il. 10, 174; ἦ [[μάλα]] δή σε κιχάνεται αἰπὺς [[ὄλεθρος]], 11, 411, öfter; [[σχεδόθεν]] δέ οἱ ἦεν ὄλ., 16, 800; μνηστῆρσι δὲ φαίνετ' [[ὄλεθρος]], Od. 19, 557, öfter; ἐπῆλθεν αὐτοῖς [[ὄλεθρος]], auch [[ἀδευκής]], [[οἴκτιστος]], 4, 489. 23, 79; [[ὄλεθρος]] ψυχῆς, Untergang des Lebens, Il. 22, 325; Pind. P. 2, 21; Tragg., Ἀγαμεμνονίων οἴκων [[ὄλεθρος]] Aesch. Ch. 849, ἐμοὶ ζητῶν ὄλεθρον Soph. O. R. 659; οὐκ εἰς ὄλεθρον; Verwünschungsformel, 430; ἐπ' ὀλέθρῳ τῶν χρωμένων, Eur. Phoen. 537, öfter; u. in Prosa, χρημάτων τ' ὀλέθρῳ καὶ ἀνθρώπων φθορᾷ ἐκάκωσε τὰ πράγματα, durch Geldverlust, Thuc. 7, 27; [[ὄλεθρος]] καὶ [[διαφθορά]], Plat. Rep. VI, 495 a; Ggstz von [[γένεσις]], Phil. 15 b; Folgde. – Auch was Verderben bringt, Hes. Th. 326; bes. von Menschen, verderblich, der Anderen Verderben bringt, γεγονώς τε κακὸς καὶ ἐὼν ὄλ., Her. 3, 142, wenn man nicht mit Valck. zu 5, 67 »ein des Todes würdiger Verbrecher« erklären will; vgl. ἀπάγετέ με τὸν ὄλεθρον μέγαν, Soph. O. R. 1343, nach Emend.; kom. vrbdt Ar. Lys. 325 ὄλεθροι γέροντες; Dem. braucht es oft als Schimpfwort, nennt den Philipp [[ὄλεθρος]] [[Μακεδών]], 9, 31, den Aeschines [[ὄλεθρος]] [[γραμματεύς]], 18, 127, vgl. 21, 210; Luc. Mort. D. 9, 4; Plut.
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