πορθεῖν

From LSJ

Θέλομεν καλῶς ζῆν πάντες, ἀλλ' οὐ δυνάμεθα → Bene vivere omnes volumus, at non possumus → Gut leben wollen wir alle, doch wir können es nicht

Menander, Monostichoi, 236

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also πορθέω): pillage, plunder, lay waste, make havoc of

Lexicon Thucydideum

vastare, to lay waste, ravage, 1.73.4. 2.56.6, 2.80.8. 2.93.4. 3.7.2. 3.16.2. 3.33.2. 3.57.2. 3.79.3, 7.29.4, 7.49.2. 8.57.1.
PASS. 8.24.6, 8.40.1.