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ἐξώλης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐξώλης ἐξώλες

Structure: ἐξωλη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)co/llumi

Sense

  1. utterly destroyed

Examples

  • πρῶτον μὲν καθ’ ἑκάστην <ἐκκλησίαν> δημοσίᾳ κατὰ τῶν πονηρῶν ἀρὰσ ποιούμενοι, εἴ τισ δῶρα λαμβάνων μετὰ ταῦτα λέγει καὶ γιγνώσκει περὶ τῶν πραγμάτων, ἐξώλη τοῦτον εἶναι· (Dinarchus, Speeches, 20:3)
  • καὶ νομίσαντεσ οἱ περὶ τὸν Πελοπίδαν ἀπολογησόμενον ἥκειν ἐβάδιζον αὐτοὶ πρὸσ αὐτόν, ἐξώλη μὲν ὄντα καὶ μιαιφόνον εἰδότεσ, διὰ δὲ τὰσ Θήβασ καὶ τὸ περὶ αὐτοὺσ ἀξίωμα καὶ δόξαν οὐδὲν ἂν παθεῖν προσδοκήσαντεσ. (Plutarch, Pelopidas, chapter 27 5:2)
  • καὶ ἐπεύχεσθαι εὐορκοῦντι μὲν εἶναι πολλὰ καὶ ἀγαθά, ἐπιορκοῦντι δ’ ἐξώλη αὐτὸν εἶναι καὶ γένοσ. (Andocides, Speeches, 160:4)
  • ἢ ἐξώλη εἶναι καὶ αὐτὸν καὶ τὴν οἰκίαν, ὥσπερ ἔσται. (Andocides, Speeches, 203:7)
  • πῶσ οὖν οὐκ ἄτοπον καὶ ὑπερφυὲσ ἂν πεποιηκότεσ ὑμεῖσ εἰήτε, εἰ ἃ προστάττετε, μᾶλλον δ’ ἀξιοῦτε ποιεῖν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν τοὺσ θεούσ, ταῦτ’ αὐτοὶ κύριοι γεγενημένοι τήμερον μὴ ποιήσαιτε, ἀλλ’ ὃν ἐκείνοισ εὔχεσθ’ ἐξώλη ποιεῖν αὐτὸν καὶ γένοσ καὶ οἰκίαν, τοῦτον ἀφείητ’ αὐτοί; (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 97:1)

Synonyms

  1. utterly destroyed

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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