πτολίπορθος
ἀλλ' ἦν ἅπαντα τεταγμένα νόμων ἐπιταγαῖς → but all their acts were regulated by prescriptions set forth in laws
English (LSJ)
ον, (πέρθω)
A sacking or wasting cities, epith. of Ares, Il.20.152, Hes.Th.936; of Odysseus and Oïleus, Il.2.278,728; of Achilles, 15.77, etc.; also of Heracles, Tab.Defix. in Stud.Ital.2(1922).394 (Cret., iv/iii B.C.); π. μάχαι Pi.O.8.35; πτολίπορθον στίχα Μήδων Epigr. ap. D.S.11.14:— also πτολι-πόρθης, ου, ὁ, A.Ag.472 (lyr.); as pr.n. of a son of Odysseus, Paus.8.12.6:—the form πολίπορθος never occurs, for πτολίπορθ' (voc.) is rightly restored in A.Ag.783 (lyr.); cf. sq.
German (Pape)
[Seite 811] Städte zerstörend, der Städteeroberer, -zerstörer; Oileus, Il. 2, 728; Ἐνυώ, 5, 333; Ares, 20, 152; oft vom Achilleus, u. in der Od. vom Odysseus; Pind. vrbdt πτολιπόρθοις ἐν μάχαις, Ol. 8, 35.
