desolate
From LSJ
τοῦ δὲ πολέμου οἱ καιροὶ οὐ μενετοί → in war, opportunities won't wait | the chances of war will not wait (Thucydides 1.142.2)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
of places, etc.: P. and V. ἐρῆμος. ἀνάστατος.
inhospitable: V. ἀγείτων, ἀπάνθρωπος, P. and V. ἄξενος.
empty of men: V. κένανδρος, ἄνανδρος.
lonely (of persons): P. and V. μόνος, ἐρῆμος, V. οἶος, οἰόζωνος, μοῦνος, μονόστολος.
verb transitive
lay waste: P. and V. δηοῦν, πορθεῖν, ἐκπορθεῖν, τέμνειν; see devastate.