ravage
From LSJ
λύχνον μεθ᾿ ἡμέραν ἅψας περιῄει λέγων “ἄνθρωπον ζητῶ” → He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, “I am looking for a human”
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
plunder: P. and V. πορθεῖν, ἐκπορθεῖν, διαπορθεῖν, ἁρπάζειν, ἀναρπάζειν, διαρπάζειν, συλᾶν, λῄζεσθαι, φέρω, φέρειν, P. ἄγω καὶ φέρω, ἄγειν καὶ φέρειν, διαφορεῖν, λῃστεύειν, V. πέρθειν, ἐκπέρθειν (also Plato but rare P.).
lay waste: P. and V. δῃοῦν, τέμνειν, P. κείρειν, ἀδικεῖν, κακουργεῖν.
ruin: P. and V. διαφθείρω, διαφθείρειν; see ruin.
substantive
P. and V. ἁρπαγή (or pl. in V.), P. πόρθησις, ἡ.
laying waste: P. τμῆσις, ἡ.
