Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

Examples

  • ὡσ ἐστὲ θωπικαὶ φύσει, κἄστ’ ἐκεῖνο τοὔποσ ὀρθῶσ κοὐ κακῶσ εἰρημένον, οὔτε σὺν πανωλέθροισιν οὔτ’ ἄνευ πανωλέθρων. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Choral, trochees25)

Synonyms

  1. utterly ruined

  2. utterly abandoned

  3. all destructive

Related

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

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