ὄλεθρ-ος, ὁ,
ruin, destruction, death, αἰπὺς ὄ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀλέθρου πείρατα, like{τέλος θανάτοιο}, the consummation
of death, [
Refs]; ὄ, opposed to γένεσις, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐκ εἰς ὄλεθρο; as an imprecation,
plague take thee! [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρημάτων ὀλέθρῳ by
destruction of property. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
that which causes destruction, pest, plague, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; contemptuously of persons, γεγονὼς κακῶς καὶ ἐὼν ὄ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄ. Μακεδών, of Philip, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὄ. γραμματεύς a
pestilent scribe, of Aeschines, [
Refs]; τὸν βάσκανον, τὸν δ᾽ ὄ. the cheat, the
pest! [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III)
seduction, Ἑλένης [
Refs 5th c.BC+]