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ἀπέλεθρος

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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11
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Full diacritics: ἀπέλεθρος Medium diacritics: ἀπέλεθρος Low diacritics: απέλεθρος Capitals: ΑΠΕΛΕΘΡΟΣ
Transliteration A: apélethros Transliteration B: apelethros Transliteration C: apelethros Beta Code: a)pe/leqros

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A immeasurable, ἶν' ἀπέλεθρον ἔχοντας Il.5.245, cf. Od. 9.538; ἀπέλεθρον ἀνέδραμε sprang back immeasurably, Il.11.354; countless, Nonn.D.19.330.

German (Pape)

[Seite 286] (πλέθρον), unermeßlich, Hom. ἴς, Iliad. 5, 245. 7, 269 Od. 9, 538 ἶν' ἀπέλεθρον; ἀπέλεθρον ἀνέδραμε, unermeßlich weit zurück, Il. 11, 354; sp. D.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀπέλεθρος: -ον, ἀμέτρητος, μέγας, ἶν’ ἀπέλεθρον ἔχοντας, «δύναμιν ἀμέτρητον» (Σχόλ.), Ἰλ. Ε. 245, Ὀδ. Ι. 538· ἀπέλεθρον ἀνέδραμε, ἀνετινάχθη ὀπίσω εἰς μεγάλην ἀπόστασιν, Ἰλ. Λ. 354.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ος, ον :
immense ; adv. • ἀπέλεθρον IL au loin.
Étymologie: ἀ, πέλεθρον.