ὄλεθρος — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

ὄλεθροςουmὄλλῡμι violent or unnatural destruction of lifein war, through murder, as a punishment, in a shipwreck, or sim.violent death, death, destructionHom. gener.ruinof an army, a people or city, a personHom.of livelihoodMen. of things which existParm. Pl. hyperbol.perdition, hellTimocr. S. Ar. Men.source of destructionref. to a situationPl. X. Plb.hyperbol., ref. to a personpest, devilHdt. Ar. D.

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ruin, destruction, death

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ὄλεθρος

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ὄλεθρος

Headword (normalized/stripped):

ολεθρος

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28077

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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-28078

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