χηρόω

English (LSJ)

   A make desolate, χήρωσε δ' ἀγυιάς Il.5.642: esp. make a woman a widow, χήρωσας δὲ γυναῖκα 17.36; Πριάμου γαῖ' ἐχήρωσ' Ἑλλάδα E.Cyc.304:— Med., ἐχηρώσαντο πόληα Q.S.9.351.    2 c. gen., bereave, με . . ἠελιου χήρωσεν AP7.172 (Antip.Sid.); πνοιῆς ib.287 (Antip.):— Pass., τῶν . . αὑτοῦ χηρώσει (2sg.) πολλῶν (v.l. κτεάνων) Thgn.956; πολλῶν ἂν ἀνδρῶν ἥδ' ἐχηρώθη πόλις would have been bereft of... Sol. 37; Ἄργος ἀνδρῶν ἐχηρώθη Hdt.6.83.    3 c. acc., forsake, deprive of one's presence, ἀελίου χήρωσεν αὐγάς Arist.Fr.675.13 (nisi leg. αὐγᾶς).    4 c. acc., take away, πᾶσαν ἐρωήν Opp.C.4.421.    II intr., to be bereft of . . : abs., live in widowhood, f.l. for χηρεύω in Plu. 2.749d.