Scaife ATLAS

ὄλεθρος ὄλεθρος, ὁ, ὄλλυμι ruin, destruction, death, Hom., Trag., etc.; ὀλέθρου πείρατα, Like θανάτου τέλος, the consummation of death, Il.:— οὐκ εἰς ὄλεθρον; as an imprecation, ruin seize thee! Soph.:— χρημάτων ὀλέθρῳ by loss of money, Thuc.; ἐπʼ ὀλέθρῳ Plat. like Lat. pernicies and pestis, that which causes destruction, a pest, plague, curse, Hes.; of persons, Hdt.; so Oedipus calls himself τὸν ὄλεθρον μέγαν Soph.; ὄλ. Μακεδών, of Philip, Dem., etc.

ShortDef

ruin, destruction, death

Debugging

Headword:

ὄλεθρος

Headword (normalized):

ὄλεθρος

Headword (normalized/stripped):

ολεθρος

IDX:

22955

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n22978

Key:

o)/leqros

Data

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