πανώλεθρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, (ὄλεθρος) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">utterly destroyed</b>, π. ἐξαπόλλυται <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.37</span> (v.l. [[-θρως]], found also <span class="bibl">Apollod.3.16.2</span>); πανωλέθρους τὸ πᾶν . . ὀλέσθαι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1009</span>; <b class="b3">π. πεσεῖν, γενέσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>934</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span> 552</span> (lyr.); πόλιν πανώλεθρον ἐκθαμνίσαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>71</span>; γένος π. ἀναστρέψαι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1239</span>; π. ξυναρπάσαι τινά <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>839</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in moral sense, <b class="b2">utterly abandoned</b>, τοῖς π. Ἀτρείδαις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>322</span>; ἡ π. μήτηρ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>86</span>; οὔτε σὺν πανωλέθροισιν οὔτ' ἄνευ πανωλέθρων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span> 1039</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Act., <b class="b2">all-destructive, ruinous</b>, π. κακόν <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.85</span>; ἐμβολαί <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>562</span> (lyr.); θεός <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>414</span>.</span>