havoc
From LSJ
ἐάν μή διδάξητε περί ἀρετὴς τούς τό ἀργύριον κλέψαντας, οὐ ταξόμεθα οἱ ὁπλῖται → if you don't teach those who have stolen money a lesson on moral virtue, we, the hoplites, will not line up
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).
