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

  • οἱ δὲ διὰ τὴν ἀσθένειαν οὐκ ἠδύναντο, καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν δένδρων ἀναρριπτούμενοι πανωλέθρωσ ἀπώλλυντο. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 16 2:4)

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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