waste

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verb transitive

devastate, ravage: P. and V. δῃοῦν, τέμνειν (Euripides, Hecuba 1204), P. κείρειν, ἀδικεῖν, κακουργεῖν.

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.).

make desolate: P. and V. ἐρημοῦν, ἐξερημοῦν.

wear out: P. and V. τρύχειν (only pass. in P.), Ar. and P. ἀποκναίειν, κατατρίβειν, P. ἐκτρυχοῦν, V. τρύειν (pass. also in Plato but rare P.), Ar. and V. τείρειν, V. γυμνάζειν.

wither, make to pine: P. and V. μαραίνειν, V. ἀμαυροῦν (also Xen. but rare P.), αὐαίνειν, συντήκειν, ἐκτήκειν, Ar. and V. τήκειν; see wither.

wasted with sickness: V. παρειμένος νόσῳ (Euripides, Orestes 881).

spend: P. and V. ἀναλίσκειν, ἀναλοῦν.

spend (money): Ar. and P. δαπανᾶν.

you waste words: V. λόγους ἀναλοῖς (Euripides, Medea 325).

wasted are all words of remonstrance: V. περισσοὶ πάντες οὑν μέσῳ λόγοι. (Euripides Medea 819).

squander: P. and V. ἐκχεῖν, V. ἀντλεῖν, διασπείρειν.

waste one's substance: P. οἰκοφθορεῖν (Plato).

their private means through idleness are wasted and lost in riotous living: V. τὰ δ' ἐν δόμοις δαπάναισι φροῦδα διαφυγόνθ' ὑπ' ἀργίας (Euripides, Hercules Furens 591).

let slip, throw away: P. and V. ἀποβάλλειν, P. προΐεσθαι.

waste time: P. χρόνον κατατρίβειν, χρόνον ἐμποιεῖν, or use P. and V. μέλλειν (absol.), χρονίζειν (absol.), Ar. and P. διατρίβειν (absol.), Ar. τριψημερεῖν (absol.); see delay.

they wasted time before it (the town): P. ἄλλως ἐνδιάτριψαν χρόνον περὶ αὐτὴν (Thuc. 2, 18; cp. Ar., Ranae 714).

that no time may be wasted in the operations: P. ἵνα μηδεὶς χρόνος ἐγγένηται τοῖς πράγμασι (Dem. 445).

waste one's labour, do more than is necessary: P. περιεργάζεσθαι, V. περισσὰ πράσσειν, περισσὰ δρᾶν.

adjective

desolate: P. and V. ἐρῆμος.

useless: P. and V. κενός, ἀνωφελής, μάταιος; see vain.

excessive: P. and V. περισσός (Soph., Ant. 780).

they treated the agreement as so much waste paper: P. ἡγοῦντο εἶναι τὴν συγγραφὴν ἄλλως ὕθλον καὶ φλυαρίαν (Dem. 931).

substantive

desolation: P. and V. ἐρημία, ἡ.

expenditure: P. and V. ἀνάλωμα, τό.

this is a foolish waste of breath: V. σκαιόν γε ἀνάλωμα τῆς γλώσσης τόδε (Euripides, Supplices 547).

extravagance: P. ἀσωτία, ἡ.

waste of time: P. χρόνου διατριβή, ἡ, or use P. and V. διατριβή, ἡ alone; see delay.