ravage
From LSJ
οἱ τότε ἤρχοντο εἰς τὴν νῆσον → they were then coming to the island
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.
