πέρσις
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, (πέρθω)
A sacking, sack, π. Ἰλίου, name of a tragedy, Arist.Po.1456a16, 1459b6; of a poem by Lesches, Paus.10.25.5; by Stesichorus, Id.10.26.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 603] ἡ, die Verwüstung, Zerstörung, Paus. u. a. Sp.