σποδίζειν

From LSJ

Sunt verba voces quibus hunc lenire dolorem possis, magnam morbi deponere partem → Words will avail the wretched mind to ease and much abate the dismal black disease.

Horace, Epistles 1.34

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

reduce to ashes, roast in ashes (see also: σποδίζω)