ἐρημοῦν
From LSJ
Ἕκτορ νῦν σὺ μὲν ὧδε θέεις ἀκίχητα διώκων → Hector, you run in pursuit of something unattainable | Hector, now art thou hasting thus vainly after what thou mayest not attain | Hector, now you are hasting thus vainly after what you may not attain
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also: ἐρημόω) desolate, empty, isolate, strip, leave destitute, leave empty, leave in the lurch, leave vacant, make desolate
Lexicon Thucydideum
vastare, desolare, vacuum facere, to lay waste, leave desolate, empty, 3.58.5, 5.4.3,
PASS. 1.10.2, 1.23.2, 2.44.3.