ἀπόλλυμι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=or ἀπολλύω (<span class="bibl">Th.4.25</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>608e</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1297a12</span>, but f.l. in <span class="bibl">Men.580</span>; the form is rejected by <span class="bibl">Phryn.<span class="title">PS</span>p.10</span> B., <span class="bibl">Moer.12</span>), impf. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἀπώλλυν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>652</span>(lyr.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1360</span>, ἀπώλλυον <span class="bibl">And.1.58</span>: fut. [[ἀπολέσω]], Ep. [[ἀπολέσσω]], Att. [[ἀπολῶ]], Ion. ἀπολέω <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.34</span>, al.: aor. [[ἀπώλεσα]], Ep. [[ἀπόλεσσα]]: pf. [[ἀπολώλεκα]]:—freq. in tmesi in Ep.; Prep. postponed in <span class="bibl">Od.9.534</span>:—stronger form of [[ὄλλυμι]], [[destroy utterly]], [[kill]], in Hom. mostly of death in battle, ἀπώλεσε λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν <span class="bibl">11.5.758</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ἐκπάγλως ἀπόλεσσαν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1.268</span>; also of things, [[demolish]], [[lay waste]], <b class="b3">ἀπώλεσεν Ἴλιον ἱρήν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">5.648</span>, etc.; generally, <b class="b3">βίοτον δ' ἀπὸ πάμπαν ὀλέσσει</b> [[will waste]] my substance, <span class="bibl">Od.2.49</span>; <b class="b3">οἵ μ' ἀπωλλύτην</b> [[sought to destroy]] me (impf. sense), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1454</span>; in pregnant sense, <b class="b3">ἐπεί με γᾶς ἐκ πατρίας ἀπώλεσε</b> [[drove]] me [[ruined]] from... <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>946</span>; <b class="b3">τῆς παρ' ἡμέραν χάριτος τὰ μέγιστα τῆς πόλεως ἀ</b>. for the sake of... <span class="bibl">D. 8.70</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[λόγοις]] or <b class="b3">λέγων ἀ. τινά</b> [[talk]] or [[bore]] one [[to death]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1360</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>892</span> (lyr.): hence, alone, in fut. ἀπολεῖς με <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ach.</span>470</span>; οἴμ' ὡς ἀπολεῖς με <span class="bibl">Pherecr.108.20</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπολεῖ μ' οὑτοσί</b> by his questions, <span class="bibl">Antiph.222.8</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[ruin]] a woman, <span class="bibl">Lys.1.8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[lose]], πατέρ' ἐσθλὸν ἀπώλεσα <span class="bibl">Od.2.46</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.18.82</span>, <span class="bibl">Democr.272</span>; ἀπώλεσε νόστιμον ἦμαρ <span class="bibl">Od.1.354</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπὸ θυμὸν ὀλέσσαι</b> [[lose]] one's life, <span class="bibl">11.16.861</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.12.350</span>; <b class="b3">θυμὸν οὐκ ἀπώλεσεν</b> [[loses]] not his spirit, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>26</span>; ἔλεον ἀπώλεσεν <span class="bibl">11.24.44</span>; freq. of things, ἡ τοῦ πλέονος ἐπιθυμίη τὸ παρεὸν ἀπόλλυσι <span class="bibl">Democr.224</span>; ἵππους ἑβδομήκοντα ἀπολλύασι <span class="bibl">Th.7.51</span>; ἀπώλεσαν τὴν ἀρχὴν ὑπὸ Περσῶν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.4.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.2.22</span>; μηδὲν ἀπολλὺς τοῦ ὄγκου <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>155c</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. οὐσίαν</b>, = [[ἀπόλλυσθαι]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Prm.</span>163d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">B</span> Med., [[ἀπόλλῠμαι]]: fut. <b class="b3">-ολοῦμαι</b>, Ion. -ολέομαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.218</span>: aor. 2 <b class="b3">-ωλόμην</b>: pf. <b class="b3">-όλωλα</b>, whence the barbarous impf. ἀπόλωλο <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>1212</span>: plpf. in Att. Prose sometimes written [[ἀπωλώλειν]] in codd., as <span class="bibl">Th.4.133</span>, <span class="bibl">7.27</span>:—[[perish]], [[die]], <span class="bibl">11.1.117</span>, etc.; [[cease to exist]], opp. [[γίγνεσθαι]], <span class="bibl">Meliss.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prm.</span>156b</span>, etc.: sometimes c. acc. cogn., ἀπόλωλε κακὸν μόρον <span class="bibl">Od.1.166</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπωλόμεθ' αἰπὺν ὄλεθρον</b> ib.<span class="bibl">9.303</span>: c. dat. modi, <b class="b3">ἀπώλετο λυγρῷ ὀλέθρῳ</b> (v.l. [[λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον]]) ib.<span class="bibl">3.87</span>; ἀ. ὑπό τινος <span class="bibl">Hdt. 5.126</span>; simply, to [[be undone]], αὐτῶν . . ἀπωλόμεθ' ἀφραδίῃσιν <span class="bibl">Od.10.27</span>; ἀπωλώλει τῷ φόβῳ μή . . <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.1.2</span>: freq. in Att., especially in pf., [[ἀπόλωλας]] you [[are lost]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1077</span>; ἀπωλόμεθ' ἂν εἰ μὴ ἀπολώλειμεν Plu. 2.185f; ἱκανὸν χρόνον ἀπολλύμεθα καὶ κατατετρίμμεθα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>355</span>; βλέπειν ἀπολωλός <span class="bibl">Philostr.Jun.<span class="title">Im.</span>2</span>:—as an imprecation, κάκιστ' ἀπολοίμην εἰ. . <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>151</span>, al.; κακὸς κακῶς ἀπόλοιθ' ὅστις. . <span class="bibl">Eub. 116</span>; ἐξώλης ἀπόλοιθ' ὅστις. . <span class="bibl">Men.154</span>; [[ἀπολλύμενος]], opp. [[σῳζόμενος]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.6.36</span>, cf. Plu.2.469d: freq. in part. fut., <b class="b3"> κάκιστ' ἀπολούμενε</b> o [[destined to a]] miserable <b class="b2">end!</b> i.e. o <b class="b2">thou villain, scoundrel, knave!</b> <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>713</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">456</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ach.</span>865</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pax</span>2</span>; ὁ κάκιστ' ἀνέμων ἀ. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DDeor.</span> 14.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in [[NT]], [[perish]], in theol. sense, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Jo.</span>3.16</span>, al.; <b class="b3">οἱ ἀπολλύμενοι</b>, opp. <b class="b3">οἱ σῳζόμενοι</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>1.18</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> to [[be lost]], <b class="b3">ὕδωρ ἀπολέσκετ'</b> (of the water eluding Tantalus) <span class="bibl">Od.11.586</span>; <b class="b3">οὔποτε καρπὸς ἀπόλλυται</b> never [[falls untimely]], ib.<span class="bibl">7.117</span>; ἀπό τέ σφισιν ὕπνος ὄλωλεν <span class="bibl">Il.10.186</span>; γέλως ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἀπόλωλεν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>1.15</span>; ἀπολόμενον ἀργύριον <span class="bibl">Antipho Soph.54</span>; ἀπώλοντο οἱ ὄνοι <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">1 Ki.</span>9.3</span>.</span>