wreck
From LSJ
οὐ γὰρ εἰς περιουσίαν ἐπράττετ' αὐτοῖς τὰ τῆς πόλεως → for selfish greed had no place in their statesmanship
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
destroy: P. and V. φθείρειν, διαφθείρω, διαφθείρειν; see destroy, ruin, overthrow.
be wrecked, lit.: P. ναυαγεῖν; see shipwrecked.
Met., P. and V. σφάλλεσθαι; see be ruined, under ruin.
substantive
shipwreck: P. and V. ναυαγία, ἡ.
Met., ruin: P. and V. ὄλεφρος, ὁ, φθορά, ἡ, διαφθορά, ἡ, V. ἀποφθορά, ἡ; see ruin.
saving one from the wreck of many hopes: V. πολλῶν ῥαγεισῶν ἐλπίδων μιᾶς τυχών (Aesch., Agamemnon 505).
