χαόω

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μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea

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Full diacritics: χᾰόω Medium diacritics: χαόω Low diacritics: χαόω Capitals: ΧΑΟΩ
Transliteration A: chaóō Transliteration B: chaoō Transliteration C: chaoo Beta Code: xao/w

English (LSJ)

destroy utterly, swallow up, λέγων χαῶσαι αὐτόν Simp.in Epict.p.47 D.:—Pass., ἐν τῇ γῇ χαούμενος Olymp. in Mete.143.5.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1335] = ἀπόλλυμι, Simplic. u. a. Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

χαόω: καταστρέφω παντελῶς, λέξις τῶν μεταγενεστέρων ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀπόλλυμι, Σιμπλ. Ἐπίκτ. 173, καὶ συχν. παρὰ τῷ Achmes ἐν Ὀνειρ. - Παθ., μεταβάλλομαι εἰς χάος, ὁλοσχερῶς καταστρέφομαι, «χάνομαι», οὔτε τις κτίσις τῆς πόλεως ἔμεινεν, ἀλλὰ πάντα ἐχαώθη Ἀθανάσ. τ. 2, σελ. 9D· καταπίνομαι ὑπὸ σεισμοῦ, ἐσχίσθη ἡ γῆ ὑπὸ τοῦ σεισμοῦ, καὶ ἐχαώθη τὸ ἥμισυ τῆς πόλεως μετὰ τῶν οἰκητόρων Ἰω. Μαλαλ. σ. 437, 19, κλπ.