πορθέω
πορθ-έω, collat. form of
πέρθω (more used in Prose),
3). of persons,
destroy, ruin, θεοὺς τοὺς ἐγγενεῖς A. Th. 583 ;
φίλους E. Fr. 605 : abs.,
do havoc, Id. Andr. 633 : esp. in Pass.,
αὐτοὶ ὑφ’ αὑτῶν .. πορθούμεθα. A. Th. 194 ;
κατ’ ἄκρας .. ὡς πορθούμεθα Id. Ch. 691 ; of women,
κόραι βία πρὸς ἀνδρῶν πορθούμεναι E. Ph. 565 ;
σκόροδα πορθούμενος robbed of them, Com. phrase in
Ar. Ach. 164 .
ShortDef
to destroy, ravage, waste, plunder
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Headword (normalized):
πορθέω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
πορθεω
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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-85730
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πορθ-έω</span>, collat. form of <span class="foreign greek">πέρθω</span> (more used in Prose), <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">destroy, ravage, plunder,</span> <span class="quote greek">πόλεας καὶ τείχεα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:308" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.308/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.308 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀνδρῶν ἀγρούς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:14:264" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:14.264/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 14.264 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τοὺς χώρους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:58" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.58/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.58 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πόλιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:583" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:583/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 583 </a> , etc.; <span class="quote greek">Φοινίκην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg015.perseus-grc1:62" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg015.perseus-grc1:62/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 9.62 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὴν Σελλασίαν ἔκαον καὶ ἐπόρθουν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:5:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:5:27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 6.5.27 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὴν ἤπειρον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:57" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.57/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 8.57 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὴν χώραν λεηλατῆσαι καὶ τὴν πόλιν πορθῆσαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:12:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:12.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 12.34 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">π. ἐκ τῶν ἱερῶν τὰ ἀγάλματα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:523b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12.523b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 12.523b </a> :— Pass., <span class="quote greek">πᾶν τὸ ἄστυ ἐπορθέετο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:84" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.84/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.84 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὅλης τῆς Ἑλλάδος πεπορθημένης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg009.perseus-grc1:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg009.perseus-grc1:49/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 10.49 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τἀργύρια πορθεῖται</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">is carried off,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0461.tlg001:155" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0461.tlg001:155/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eup.</span> 155 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> in pres. and impf., sts. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">endeavour to destroy, besiege</span> a town, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:162" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.162/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.162 </a>, Decr. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:164" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:164/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.164 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:12:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:12.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 12.34 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:15:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:15.4/canonical-url/"> 15.4 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> of persons, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">destroy, ruin,</span> <span class="quote greek">θεοὺς τοὺς ἐγγενεῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:583" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:583/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 583 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">φίλους</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 605 </span> : abs., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">do havoc,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:633" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:633/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 633 </a>: esp. in Pass., <span class="quote greek">αὐτοὶ ὑφ’ αὑτῶν .. πορθούμεθα.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:194" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:194/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 194 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κατ’ ἄκρας .. ὡς πορθούμεθα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:691" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:691/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 691 </a> ; of women, <span class="quote greek">κόραι βία πρὸς ἀνδρῶν πορθούμεναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:565" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:565/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 565 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">σκόροδα πορθούμενος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">robbed</span> of them, Com. phrase in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:164" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:164/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 164 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}