ἀπόλλυμι to destroy utterly, kill, slay, and of things, to destroy, demolish, waste, Hom., Attic; in pregnant sense, γᾶς ἐκ πατρίας ἀπ. to drive me ruined from my fatherland, Eur.; λόγοις ἀπ. τινά Soph.:— to talk or bore one to death, Ar. to lose utterly, πατέρα, νόστιμον ἦμαρ Hom. Mid. ἀπόλλυμαι, fut. -ολοῦμαι, Ionic -ολέομαι with part. ἀπολεύμενος: aor2 -ωλόμην: perf. -όλωλα: plup. ἀπολώλειν:— to perish utterly, die, Il.; c. acc. cogn., ἀπ. κακὸν μόρον, αἰπὺν ὄλεθρον Od.; to be undone, Od.; ἀπόλωλας you are done for, lost, ruined, Ar.; as an imprecation, κάκιστʼ ἀπολοίμην Ar.; in fut. part., ὦ κάκιστʼ ἀπολούμενε oh destined to a miserable end! i. e. oh villain, scoundrel! Ar. to be lost, slip away, vanish, of the water eluding Tantalus, Od.; of sleep, Il.