πανωλεθρία
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
πανωλεθρία
Structure:
πανωλεθρι
(Stem)
+
ᾱ
(Ending)
Sense
- utter destruction, utter ruin
Declension
First declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ὁ δὲ Σκιπίων πόλιν ὁρῶν ἑπτακοσίοισ ἔτεσιν ἀνθήσασαν ἀπὸ τοῦ συνοικισμοῦ, καὶ γῆσ τοσῆσδε καὶ νήσων καὶ θαλάσσησ ἐπάρξασαν, ὅπλων τε καὶ νεῶν καὶ ἐλεφάντων καὶ χρημάτων εὐπορήσασαν ἴσα ταῖσ ἀρχαῖσ ταῖσ μεγίσταισ, τόλμῃ δὲ καὶ προθυμίᾳ πολὺ διασχοῦσαν, ἥ γε καὶ ναῦσ καὶ ὅπλα πάντα περιῃρημένη τρισὶν ὅμωσ ἔτεσιν ἀντέσχε πολέμῳ τοσῷδε καὶ λιμῷ, τότε ἄρδην τελευτῶσαν ἐσ πανωλεθρίαν ἐσχάτην, λέγεται μὲν δακρῦσαι καὶ φανερὸσ γενέσθαι κλαίων ὑπὲρ πολεμίων, ἐπὶ πολὺ δ’ ἔννουσ ἐφ’ ἑαυτοῦ γενόμενόσ τε, καὶ συνιδὼν ὅτι καὶ πόλεισ καὶ ἔθνη καὶ ἀρχὰσ ἁπάσασ δεῖ μεταβαλεῖν ὥσπερ ἀνθρώπουσ δαίμονα, καὶ τοῦτ’ ἔπαθε μὲν Ἴλιον, εὐτυχήσ ποτε πόλισ, ἔπαθε δὲ ἡ Ἀσσυρίων καὶ Μήδων καὶ Περσῶν ἐπ’ ἐκείνοισ ἀρχὴ μεγίστη γενομένη, καὶ ἡ μάλιστα ἔναγχοσ ἐκλάμψασα ἡ Μακεδόνων, εἴτε ἑκὼν εἴτε προφυγόντοσ αὐτὸν τοῦδε τοῦ ἔπουσ, "ἔσσεται ἦμαρ ὅταν ποτ’ ὀλώλῃ Ἴλιοσ ἱρὴ καὶ Πρίαμοσ καὶ λαὸσ ἐϋμμελίω Πριάμοιο. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 19 6:2)
- Ὁ δὲ Σκιπίων πόλιν ὁρῶν τότε ἄρδην τελευτῶσαν ἐσ πανωλεθρίαν ἐσχάτην, λέγεται μὲν δακρῦσαι καὶ φανερὸσ γενέσθαι κλαίων ὑπὲρ πολεμίων· (Polybius, Histories, book 38, chapter 22 1:1)
Synonyms
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utter destruction
