A). ὀλλύς Il. 8.472 , fem. pl. ὀλλῦσαι ib. 449 :—also ὀλλύω, Archil. 27 , Com.Adesp. 608 ,(προσαπ-) Hdt. 1.207 : poet. ὀλέκω (q. v.): impf. 3 pl. ὤλλυσαν A. Pers. 461 , S. OC 394 ; Ep. ὀλέεσκον Q.S. 2.414 (cf. ὀλέκω): fut. ὀλέσω Od. 13.399 , Hes. Op. 180 ; Ep. also ὀλέσσω Il. 12.250 , Od. 2.49 ; Ion. ὀλέω (ἀπ-) Hdt. 1.34 , etc.; Att. ὀλῶ, S. OT 448 , E. Andr. 856 (lyr.): aor. ὤλεσα Il. 22.107 , A. Ag. 1017 (lyr.), etc.; Ep. ὄλεσα, ὄλεσσα, Od. 23.319 , 21.284 , etc.:— Med. ὄλλυμαι, Il. 20.21 , S. OT 179 (lyr.): impf. ὠλλύμην Id. El. 927 , E. Alc. 633 : fut. ὀλέομαι, -οῦμαι, 2 pl. ὀλέεσθε Il. 21.133 ; but 3 sg. ὀλεῖται 2.325 : aor. 2 ὠλόμην, 3 sg. ὤλετο 13.772 , A. Eu. 565 (lyr.), etc.; Ion. ὀλέσκετο ( ἀπ- Od. 11.586 ); part. ὀλόμενος as Adj., v. οὐλόμενος : pf. ὄλωλα, v. B. 111 : plpf. ὀλώλειν Il. 10.187 :— Pass., aor. ὀλεσθῆναι, fut. ὀλεσθήσομαι (ἀπ-), LXX Ps. 82(83).17 , Gal. 9.728 .—The simple Verb only Poet. and later Prose, as LXX , ἀπόλλυμι being used in Com. and Classical Prose.

A). Act.:

I). destroy, make an end of, and of living beings, kill, νῆάς τ’ ὀλέσας καὶ πάντας Ἀχαιούς Il. 8.498 , cf. Od. 23.319 ; γένος ὀλέσσαι .. θανάτῳ Pi. P. 3.41 ; ρένος ὠλέσατε πρυμνόθεν A. Th. 1061 (anap.); θανεῖται καὶ θανοῦσ’ ὀλεῖ τινα S. Ant. 751 ; ὀλεῖ ὀλεῖ με E. Andr. 856 (lyr.); ἁ φιλοχρηματία Σπάρταν ὀλεῖ, ἄλλο γὰρ οὐδέν Orac. ap. Arist. Fr. 544 ; also, of doing away with evil, νῆστιν ὤλεσεν νόσον A. Ag. 1017 (lyr.).

II). lose, μένος, θυμόν, ψυχήν, ἦτορ ὀλέσαι, lose life, die, Il. 8.358 , 13.763 , 5.250 ; πόνον ὀρταλίχων ὀλέσαντες A. Ag. 54 (anap.); ἄγραν ὤλεσα Id. Eu. 148 (lyr.); τᾶς ἀνάνδρου κοίτας ὀλέσασα λέκτρον E. Med. 436 (lyr.).

B). Med.,

I). perish, come to an end, and of living beings, die, esp. a violent death, ἀπ’ αἰῶνος νέος ὤλεο Il. 24.725 ; ὤλεθ’ ὑπ’ Αἰγίσθοιο δόλῳ Od. 3.235 ; δόλοις ὀλούμεθ’ A. Ch. 888 ; ἦέ τις ὤλετ’ ὀλέθρῳ Od. 4.489 : c. acc. cogn., κακὸν οἶτον ὄληαι, ὀλέεσθε κακὸν μόρον, Il. 3.417 , 21.133 ; θάνατον AP 7.745 (Antip. Sid.); ὄλοιο, ὄλοισθε, may'st thou, may ye perish ! a form of cursing very common in Trag., S. Ph. 961 , 1019 , 1285 , etc.; so ὀλοίμην Id. OT 645 ; ὄλοιτο ib. 1349 (lyr.), etc.; ὄλοιντο Id. Tr. 383 :— Hom. has Act. and Med. in emphatic contrast, ὀλλύντων τε καὶ ὀλλυμένων Il. 4.451 , 8.65 , cf. 11.83 .

II). of things, to be lost, μή τί μοι ἐκ μεγάρων κειμήλιον .. ὄληται Od. 15.91 ; ὤλετό μοι νόστος Il. 9.413 , cf. Od. 1.168 ; κλέος Il. 9.415 , cf. A. Supp. 918 .

III). pf. ὄλωλα (Syrac. ὀλώλω, Hilgard Exc.ex Hdn. p.30 ), to have perished, to be dead, undone, ruined, ὄλωλε μάχῃ ἔνι Il. 15.111 , al., cf. A. Pers. 255 , 1016 (lyr.), etc.; τῶν ὀλωλότων of the dead, Id. Ag. 346 , cf. 672 , 1367 , S. Ant. 174 : also of things, to be in a state of ruin, ἐσθίεταί μοι οἶκος, ὄλωλε δὲ πίονα ἔργα Od. 4.318 .