πανώλεθρος

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English (LSJ)

ον, (ὄλεθρος)

   A utterly destroyed, π. ἐξαπόλλυται Hdt.6.37 (v.l. -θρως, found also Apollod.3.16.2); πανωλέθρους τὸ πᾶν . . ὀλέσθαι S.El.1009; π. πεσεῖν, γενέσθαι, A.Ch.934, Eu. 552 (lyr.); πόλιν πανώλεθρον ἐκθαμνίσαι Id.Th.71; γένος π. ἀναστρέψαι Ar.Av.1239; π. ξυναρπάσαι τινά S.Aj.839, etc.    2 in moral sense, utterly abandoned, τοῖς π. Ἀτρείδαις Id.Ph.322; ἡ π. μήτηρ E.El.86; οὔτε σὺν πανωλέθροισιν οὔτ' ἄνευ πανωλέθρων Ar.Lys. 1039.    II Act., all-destructive, ruinous, π. κακόν Hdt.6.85; ἐμβολαί A.Pers.562 (lyr.); θεός Id.Supp.414.