ἀπόλλυμι

English (LSJ)

or ἀπολλύω (Th.4.25, Pl.R.608e, Arist.Pol.1297a12, but f.l. in Men.580; the form is rejected by Phryn.PSp.10 B., Moer.12), impf.

   A ἀπώλλυν A.Pers.652(lyr.), S.El.1360, ἀπώλλυον And.1.58: fut. ἀπολέσω, Ep. ἀπολέσσω, Att. ἀπολῶ, Ion. ἀπολέω Hdt.1.34, al.: aor. ἀπώλεσα, Ep. ἀπόλεσσα: pf. ἀπολώλεκα:—freq. in tmesi in Ep.; Prep. postponed in Od.9.534:—stronger form of ὄλλυμι, destroy utterly, kill, in Hom. mostly of death in battle, ἀπώλεσε λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν 11.5.758, al.; ἐκπάγλως ἀπόλεσσαν ib.1.268; also of things, demolish, lay waste, ἀπώλεσεν Ἴλιον ἱρήν ib.5.648, etc.; generally, βίοτον δ' ἀπὸ πάμπαν ὀλέσσει will waste my substance, Od.2.49; οἵ μ' ἀπωλλύτην sought to destroy me (impf. sense), S.OT1454; in pregnant sense, ἐπεί με γᾶς ἐκ πατρίας ἀπώλεσε drove me ruined from... E.Hec.946; τῆς παρ' ἡμέραν χάριτος τὰ μέγιστα τῆς πόλεως ἀ. for the sake of... D. 8.70.    2 λόγοις or λέγων ἀ. τινά talk or bore one to death, S.El.1360, Ar.Nu.892 (lyr.): hence, alone, in fut. ἀπολεῖς με Id.Ach.470; οἴμ' ὡς ἀπολεῖς με Pherecr.108.20; ἀπολεῖ μ' οὑτοσί by his questions, Antiph.222.8, etc.    3 ruin a woman, Lys.1.8.    II lose, πατέρ' ἐσθλὸν ἀπώλεσα Od.2.46, cf. Il.18.82, Democr.272; ἀπώλεσε νόστιμον ἦμαρ Od.1.354; ἀπὸ θυμὸν ὀλέσσαι lose one's life, 11.16.861, Od.12.350; θυμὸν οὐκ ἀπώλεσεν loses not his spirit, S.El.26; ἔλεον ἀπώλεσεν 11.24.44; freq. of things, ἡ τοῦ πλέονος ἐπιθυμίη τὸ παρεὸν ἀπόλλυσι Democr.224; ἵππους ἑβδομήκοντα ἀπολλύασι Th.7.51; ἀπώλεσαν τὴν ἀρχὴν ὑπὸ Περσῶν X.An.3.4.11, cf. 7.2.22; μηδὲν ἀπολλὺς τοῦ ὄγκου Pl.Tht.155c; ἀ. οὐσίαν, = ἀπόλλυσθαι, Id.Prm.163d.    B Med., ἀπόλλῠμαι: fut. -ολοῦμαι, Ion. -ολέομαι Hdt.7.218: aor. 2 -ωλόμην: pf. -όλωλα, whence the barbarous impf. ἀπόλωλο Ar.Th.1212: plpf. in Att. Prose sts. written ἀπωλώλειν in codd., as Th.4.133, 7.27:—perish, die, 11.1.117, etc.; cease to exist, opp. γίγνεσθαι, Meliss.8, Pl.Prm.156b, etc.: sts. c. acc. cogn., ἀπόλωλε κακὸν μόρον Od.1.166; ἀπωλόμεθ' αἰπὺν ὄλεθρον ib.9.303: c. dat. modi, ἀπώλετο λυγρῷ ὀλέθρῳ (v.l. λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον) ib.3.87; ἀ. ὑπό τινος Hdt. 5.126; simply, to be undone, αὐτῶν . . ἀπωλόμεθ' ἀφραδίῃσιν Od.10.27; ἀπωλώλει τῷ φόβῳ μή . . X.Cyr.6.1.2: freq. in Att., esp. in pf., ἀπόλωλας you are lost, Ar.Nu.1077; ἀπωλόμεθ' ἂν εἰ μὴ ἀπολώλειμεν Plu. 2.185f; ἱκανὸν χρόνον ἀπολλύμεθα καὶ κατατετρίμμεθα Ar.Pax355; βλέπειν ἀπολωλός Philostr.Jun.Im.2:—as an imprecation, κάκιστ' ἀπολοίμην εἰ. . Ar.Ach.151, al.; κακὸς κακῶς ἀπόλοιθ' ὅστις. . Eub. 116; ἐξώλης ἀπόλοιθ' ὅστις. . Men.154; ἀπολλύμενος, opp. σῳζόμενος, Isoc.6.36, cf. Plu.2.469d: freq. in part. fut., κάκιστ' ἀπολούμενε o destined to a miserable end! i.e. o thou villain, scoundrel, knave! Ar.Pl.713, cf. 456, Ach.865, Pax2; ὁ κάκιστ' ἀνέμων ἀ. Luc.DDeor. 14.2.    2 in NT, perish, in theol. sense, Ev.Jo.3.16, al.; οἱ ἀπολλύμενοι, opp. οἱ σῳζόμενοι, 1 Ep.Cor.1.18.    II to be lost, ὕδωρ ἀπολέσκετ' (of the water eluding Tantalus) Od.11.586; οὔποτε καρπὸς ἀπόλλυται never falls untimely, ib.7.117; ἀπό τέ σφισιν ὕπνος ὄλωλεν Il.10.186; γέλως ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἀπόλωλεν X.Smp.1.15; ἀπολόμενον ἀργύριον Antipho Soph.54; ἀπώλοντο οἱ ὄνοι LXX 1 Ki.9.3.