πορθέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=collat. form of [[πέρθω]] (more used in Prose), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[destroy]], [[ravage]], [[plunder]], πόλεας καὶ τείχεα <span class="bibl">Il.4.308</span>; ἀνδρῶν ἀγρούς <span class="bibl">Od.14.264</span>; τοὺς χώρους <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.58</span>; πόλιν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>583</span>, etc.; Φοινίκην <span class="bibl">Isoc.9.62</span>; τὴν Σελλασίαν ἔκαον καὶ ἐπόρθουν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.5.27</span>; τὴν ἤπειρον <span class="bibl">Th.8.57</span>; τὴν χώραν λεηλατῆσαι καὶ τὴν πόλιν πορθῆσαι <span class="bibl">D.S.12.34</span>; π. ἐκ τῶν ἱερῶν τὰ ἀγάλματα <span class="bibl">Ath.12.523b</span>:—Pass., πᾶν τὸ ἄστυ ἐπορθέετο <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.84</span>; ὅλης τῆς Ἑλλάδος πεπορθημένης <span class="bibl">Isoc.10.49</span>; τἀργύρια πορθεῖται [[is carried off]], <span class="bibl">Eup.155</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in pres. and impf., sometimes [[endeavour to destroy]], [[besiege]] a town, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.162</span>, Decr. ap. <span class="bibl">D.18.164</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.12.34</span>, <span class="bibl">15.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of persons, [[destroy]], [[ruin]], θεοὺς τοὺς ἐγγενεῖς <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>583</span>; φίλους <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 605</span>: abs., [[do havoc]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Andr.</span>633</span>: especially in Pass., αὐτοὶ ὑφ' αὑτῶν… πορθούμεθα. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>194</span>; κατ' ἄκρας… ὡς πορθούμεθα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span>691</span>; of women, κόραι βία πρὸς ἀνδρῶν πορθούμεναι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>565</span>; <b class="b3">σκόροδα πορθούμενος</b> [[robbed]] of them, Com. phrase in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>164</span>.</span>