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πανώλεθρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πανώλεθρος πανώλεθρον

Structure: πανωλεθρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)/leqros

Sense

  1. utterly ruined, utterly destroyed
  2. utterly abandoned
  3. all destructive, all-ruinous

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative πανώλεθρος πανώλεθρον
Genitive πανωλέθρου πανωλέθρου
Dative πανωλέθρῳ πανωλέθρῳ
Accusative πανώλεθρον πανώλεθρον
Vocative πανώλεθρε πανώλεθρον
DualN/A/V πανωλέθρω πανωλέθρω
G/D πανωλέθροιν πανωλέθροιν
PluralNominative πανώλεθροι πανώλεθρα
Genitive πανωλέθρων πανωλέθρων
Dative πανωλέθροις πανωλέθροις
Accusative πανωλέθρους πανώλεθρα
Vocative πανώλεθροι πανώλεθρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective πανώλεθρος πανωλέθρου πανωλεθρότερος πανωλεθροτέρου πανωλεθρότατος πανωλεθροτάτου
Adverb πανωλέθρως πανωλεθρότερον πανωλεθρότατα

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.

Examples

  • δεινὴ δ’ ἐν τοῖσ πολέμοισ καὶ ἡ διὰ κενῆσ ἐμπίπτουσα προδοσίασ συμμάχων ἢ πολεμίων ἄλλων ἐφόδου δόκησισ, καὶ πολλὰ ἤδη στρατεύματα μεγάλα ὑπ’ οὐδενὸσ οὕτωσ ἑτέρου φοβεροῦ παθήματοσ ὡσ ὑπὸ δόξησ κενῆσ ἴσμεν πανώλεθρα διαφθαρέντα. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 3, chapter 23 23:1)
  • τὸ δὲ μέγιστον, ἐπίκουροσ ἐν ταῖσ προγραφαῖσ τῇ πόλει πανώλεθρα πασχούσῃ γενόμενοσ περιέσωσεν ἄνδρασ ἀρίστουσ τε καὶ πολλούσ, οἳ τότε δι’ αὐτὸν ἦσαν ἐν τῇ πατρίδι. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 5, chapter 14 11:2)

Synonyms

  1. utterly ruined

  2. utterly abandoned

  3. all destructive

Related

Similar forms

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

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