A). ἀπώλλυν A. Pers. 652 (lyr.), S. El. 1360 , ἀπώλλυον And. 1.58 : fut. ἀπολέσω, Ep. ἀπολέσσω, Att. ἀπολῶ, Ion. ἀπολέω Hdt. 1.34 , al.: aor. ἀπώλεσα, Ep. ἀπόλεσσα: pf. ἀπολώλεκα:—freq. in tmesi in Ep.; Prep. postponed in Od. 9.534 :—stronger form of ὄλλυμι, destroy utterly, kill, in Hom. mostly of death in battle, ἀπώλεσε λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν Il. 5.758 , al.; ἐκπάγλως ἀπόλεσσαν ib. 1.268 ; also of things, demolish, lay waste, ἀπώλεσεν Ἴλιον ἱρήν ib. 5.648 , etc.; generally, βίοτον δ’ ἀπὸ πάμπαν ὀλέσσει will waste my substance, Od. 2.49 ; οἵ μ’ ἀπωλλύτην sought to destroy me (impf. sense), S. OT 1454 ; in pregnant sense, ἐπεί με γᾶς ἐκ πατρίας ἀπώλεσε drove me ruined from .., E. Hec. 946 ; τῆς παρ’ ἡμέραν χάριτος τὰ μέγιστα τῆς πόλεως ἀ. for the sake of .., D. 8.70 .

2). λόγοις or λέγων ἀ. τινά talk or bore one to death, S. El. 1360 , Ar. Nu. 892 (lyr.): hence, alone, in fut. ἀπολεῖς με Id. Ach. 470 ; οἴμ’ ὡς ἀπολεῖς με Pherecr. 108.20 ; ἀπολεῖ μ’ οὑτοσί by his questions, Antiph. 222.8 , etc.

3). ruin a woman, Lys. 1.8 .

II). lose, πατέρ’ ἐσθλὸν ἀπώλεσα Od. 2.46 , cf. Il. 18.82 , Democr. 272 ; ἀπώλεσε νόστιμον ἦμαρ Od. 1.354 ; ἀπὸ θυμὸν ὀλέσσαι lose one's life, 11.16.861 , Od. 12.350 ; θυμὸν οὐκ ἀπώλεσεν loses not his spirit, S. El. 26 ; ἔλεον ἀπώλεσεν 11.24.44 ; freq. of things, ἡ τοῦ πλέονος ἐπιθυμίη τὸ παρεὸν ἀπόλλυσι Democr. 224 ; ἵππους ἑβδομήκοντα ἀπολλύασι Th. 7.51 ; ἀπώλεσαν τὴν ἀρχὴν ὑπὸ Περσῶν X. An. 3.4.11 , cf. 7.2.22 ; μηδὲν ἀπολλὺς τοῦ ὄγκου Pl. Tht. 155c ; ἀ. οὐσίαν, = ἀπόλλυσθαι , Id. Prm. 163d .

B). Med., ἀπόλλῠμαι: fut. -ολοῦμαι, Ion. -ολέομαι Hdt. 7.218 : aor. 2 -ωλόμην: pf. -όλωλα, whence the barbarous impf. ἀπόλωλο Ar. Th. 1212 : plpf. in Att. Prose sts. written ἀπωλώλειν in codd., as Th. 4.133 , 7.27 :—perish, die, 11.1.117 , etc.; cease to exist, opp. γίγνεσθαι, Meliss. 8 , Pl. Prm. 156b , etc.: sts. c. acc. cogn., ἀπόλωλε κακὸν μόρον Od. 1.166 ; ἀπωλόμεθ’ αἰπὺν ὄλεθρον ib. 9.303 : c. dat. modi, ἀπώλετο λυγρῷ ὀλέθρῳ ( v.l. λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον ) ib. 3.87 ; ἀ. ὑπό τινος Hdt. 5.126 ; simply, to be undone, αὐτῶν .. ἀπωλόμεθ’ ἀφραδίῃσιν Od. 10.27 ; ἀπωλώλει τῷ φόβῳ μή .. X. Cyr. 6.1.2 : freq. in Att., esp. in pf., ἀπόλωλας you are lost, Ar. Nu. 1077 ; ἀπωλόμεθ’ ἂν εἰ μὴ ἀπολώλειμεν Plu. 2.185f ; ἱκανὸν χρόνον ἀπολλύμεθα καὶ κατατετρίμμεθα Ar. Pax 355 ; βλέπειν ἀπολωλός Philostr.Jun. Im. 2 :—as an imprecation, κάκιστ’ ἀπολοίμην εἰ.. Ar. Ach. 151 , al.; κακὸς κακῶς ἀπόλοιθ’ ὅστις.. Eub. 116 ; ἐξώλης ἀπόλοιθ’ ὅστις.. Men. 154 ; ἀπολλύμενος, opp. σῳζόμενος, Isoc. 6.36 , cf. Plu. 2.469d : freq. in part. fut., ὦ κάκιστ’ ἀπολούμενε o destined to a miserable end! i.e. o thou villain, scoundrel, knave! Ar. Pl. 713 , cf. 456 , Ach. 865 , Pax 2 ; ὁ κάκιστ’ ἀνέμων ἀ. Luc. DDeor. 14.2 .

2). in NT, perish, in theol. sense, Ev.Jo. 3.16 , al.; οἱ ἀπολλύμενοι, opp. οἱ σῳζόμενοι, 1 Ep.Cor. 1.18 .

II). to be lost, ὕδωρ ἀπολέσκετ’ (of the water eluding Tantalus) Od. 11.586 ; οὔποτε καρπὸς ἀπόλλυται never falls untimely, ib. 7.117 ; ἀπό τέ σφισιν ὕπνος ὄλωλεν Il. 10.186 ; γέλως ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἀπόλωλεν X. Smp. 1.15 ; ἀπολόμενον ἀργύριον Antipho Soph. 54 ; ἀπώλοντο οἱ ὄνοι LXX 1 Ki. 9.3 .