The corpus record

ἐκπέρθω

ekpertho

destroy utterly, sack

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Where it lives

Seven Against Thebes 2 · 3.97/10k
Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Iliad 16 · 1.43/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k

What it meant

ἐκπέρθω · ekperthō — LSJ

destroy utterly, sack

destroy utterly, sack, of cities, Il. 1.19, al. (never in Od.), A. Th. 427, etc.; also τὴν Διὸς τυραννίδʼ ἐ. βίᾳ Id. Pr. 359: metaph., μὴ ἡμῖν..τὸν Σιμωνίδην ἐκπέρσῃ Pl. Prt. 340a.

II take as booty from

take as booty from, τὰ μὲν πολίων ἐξεπράθομεν Il. 1.125.

In the wild

ἐκπέρσων · ekpersōn Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 358–359
ἐκπέρσειν · ekpersein Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 427–429
ἐκπέρσαι · ekpersai Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 466–467
ἐξέπερσα · exepersa Euripides, Helen (DIORISIS sentence 549)
ἐκπέρσαι · ekpersai Euripides, Rhesus (DIORISIS sentence 266)
ἐκπέρσων · ekpersōn Euripides, Trojan Women 1 (DIORISIS sentence 430)

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Where it came from

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