1. ὄλεθρος · olethros — Beekes
destruction
The corpus record
ὄλεθρος
olethros
destruction
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Abdias 1 · 22.73/10k
- 2 Thessalonians 1 · 12.39/10k
- 1 Thessalonians 1 · 6.88/10k
- 1 Timothy 1 · 6.31/10k
- Trojan Women 4 · 5.65/10k
- Odyssey 49 · 5.64/10k
- For the Megalopolitans 1 · 5.4/10k
- Sapientia Salomonis 3 · 4.35/10k
- Thesmophoriazusae 3 · 4.26/10k
- Against Agoratus 2 · 4.17/10k
- Machabaeourum III 2 · 3.98/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 3 · 3.62/10k
Densest 12 of 57 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. ὄλεθρος · olethros — Chantraine
voir ὄλλυμι
3. ὄλεθρος · olethros — Frisk
Verderben
4. ὄλεθρ-ος · olethr-os — LSJ
ruin, destruction, death
Attestations
- ὄλεθρον · olethron Iliad 2.873
- ὄλεθρον · olethron Iliad 6.16
- ὄλεθρον · olethron Iliad 6.57
- ὀλέθρου · olethrou Iliad 6.143
- ὄλεθρον · olethron Iliad 7.143
- ὀλέθρου · olethrou Iliad 7.402
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 1118; entry #4505 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 808; entry #5856 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 1347-1348; entry #4222 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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