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πόρθησις

From LSJ
Menander, Sententiae, 456
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Full diacritics: πόρθησις Medium diacritics: πόρθησις Low diacritics: πόρθησις Capitals: ΠΟΡΘΗΣΙΣ
Transliteration A: pórthēsis Transliteration B: porthēsis Transliteration C: porthisis Beta Code: po/rqhsis

English (LSJ)

-εως, ἡ, sack of a town, D.18.70, Plu.Sull.33, etc.

German (Pape)

[Seite 683] ἡ, Zerstörung; Schol. Soph. Phil. 1376; Plut. Sull. 33.

French (Bailly abrégé)

εως (ἡ) :
action de dévaster, dévastation, ruine.
Étymologie: πορθέω.

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

πόρθησις -εως, ἡ πορθέω verwoesting.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

πόρθησις: εως ἡ (действие) разорение, разрушение Dem., Plut.

Greek Monotonic

πόρθησις: ἡ, λεηλασία πόλης, σε Δημ.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πόρθησις: ἡ, ἡ ἐκπόρθησις πόλεως, Δημ. 248. 5. Πλουτ. Σύλλ. 33, κτλ.

Middle Liddell

πόρθησις, εως, [from πορθέω
the sack of a town, Dem.

English (Woodhouse)

devastation, pillage, plundering, act of plundering

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