havoc

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

ruin: P. and V. φθορά, ἡ, διαφθορά, ἡ, ὄλεθρος, ὁ.

damage: P. and V. βλαβή, ἡ, βλάβος, τό.

make havoc of: P. and V. συγχεῖν, πορθεῖν, διαπορθεῖν, ἐκπορθεῖν; see injure, ruin.

the gods make havoc of them (fame and prosperity) tossing them to and fro: V. φύρουσι δ' αὐτὰ Θεοὶ πάλιν τε καὶ πρόσω (Eur., Hecuba 958).