ὀλοός
Μεγάλοι δὲ λόγοι μεγάλας πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων ἀποτίσαντες γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν → The great words of the arrogant pay the penalty by suffering great blows, and teach one to reason in old age
English (LSJ)
ή, όν, (ὄλλυμι)
A destructive, deadly, ὀλοὴ Κήρ Il.18.535 ; μοῖρ' ὀλοή 16.849, al. ; ὀλοῷ Ἀχιλῆι 24.39 ; πυρὸς ὀλοοῖο Od.12.68 ; ὀλοῷ ἐνὶ δεσμῷ 22.200 ; πόλεμος, μάχης πόνος, Il.3.133, 16.568 ; λύσσα, γόος, μῆνις, 9.305, 23.10, Od.3.135 ; γήραος οὐδός Il.24.487 ; νύξ 16.567, al. ; ὀ. τύχαι A.Pr.553 (lyr.) ; νιφάς Id.Th.213 (lyr.) ; θηρὸς κέρας Call.Fr.249 ; γηγενέων ἀνδρῶν ὀ. στάχυς A.R.3.1338 : c. inf., ὀ. φέρειν ζυγόν, of the wild horse, Opp.C.3.261 ; ὀλοὰ φρονεῖν design ill, τινι Il.16.701 : Comp. ὀλοώτερος 3.365,23.439 : Sup. -ώτατος (as fem.), ὀδμή Od.4.442 : neut. pl. as Adv., ὀλοὰ στένει S.Tr.846 (lyr.), cf. El. 843 (lyr.).—Rarer collat. forms are ὀλοιός, as ὀλοιὴ μοῖρα πέδησεν Il.22.5 ; ὀλοιῇσι φρεσὶ θύει 1.342 ; γῆρας ὀλοιόν h.Ven.224 ; ὀλώϊος, Hes.Th.591 ; θάρσος ὀλώϊον Nonn.D.13.416 ; οὐλοός, A.R.2.85,3.1402 (fem. -ός Man.6.464) ; ὀλός (q.v.). II rare in pass. sense, destroyed, lost, ὀλοοὺς ἀπέλειπον A.Pers.962 (lyr.).
