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ὄλλυμι

ollumi

to ruin, destroy, lose

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What it meant

1. ὄλλυμι · ollymi — Beekes

ὄλλυμι, -μαι [v.] ‘to ruin, destroy, lose’, intr. med. ‘to be ruined, be lost’ (I1.). 41Ὲ *h,elh,- ‘destroy’> “ΑΚ Also -ὕω, -ὕομαι (Archil.), ὀλέκω, -ομαι (IL); aor. ὀλέσαι, ὀλέσθαι (II), pass. ὀλεσθῆναι (LXX), fut. ὀλέσ(σλωυ (epic), ὀλέω (Ion.), ὀλῶ (Att.), ὀλέομαι, ὀλοῦμαι (IL), perf. ὀλώλεκα (Att.), intr. ὄλωλα (11. 1070 ὅλμος *COMP Very often with prefix, especially ἀπ- (thus exclusively in Att. prose), with … — [Beekes, s.v. ὄλλυμι, p. 1120]

2. ὄλλῦμι · ollymi — Chantraine

ὄλλῦμι, -μαι : (Ηοπι., att., etc.) ὀλλύω, -ύομαι (Archil., Th., And., etc.), aor. ὥλεσα et ὠλόμην (Hom., ion.-att., etc.), passif ὠλέσθην (LXX), fut. ὀλέσ(σ)ω (Hom.}), ὀλέω (ion.), ὀλῷῶ (att.), ὀλέομαι (Hom.), ὀλοῦμαι (att.), parf. ὄλωλα (Hom., ion.-att.), intransitif répondant au moyen des autres thèmes, et ὀλώλεκα transitif, forme postérieure (att., etc.) «perdre, détruire, se perdre, périr », etc., noter aussi … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὄλλῦμι, p. 809]

3. ὄλλυμι · ollymi — Frisk

ὄλλυμι, -μαι (seit Il.), -ύω, -ὕομαι (seit Archil.), ὀλέκω, -ομαι (ep. 1yr. seit 1]., LXX), Aor. ὀλέσαι, ὀλέσθαι (seit Il.), Pass. ὀλεσϑῆναι (LXX), Fut. ὀλέσ(σ)ω (ep.), ἀλέω (ion.), ὀλῶ (att.), ὀλέομαι, ὀλοῦμαι (seit Il.), Perf. ὀλώλεκα (att.), intr. ὅλωλα (seit Il.); als Simplex nur ep. poet. u. sp. Prosa; sehr oft m. Präfix, bes. ἀπ- (in ἃ. att. Prosa alleinherrschend), wozu ἐξαπ-, συναπ-, προσαπ- usw., auch mit … — [Frisk, s.v. ὄλλυμι, p. 1350]

4. ὄλλῡμι · ollymi — LSJ

A

Act.:

I destroy, make an end of, kill, doing away with

destroy, make an end of, and of living beings, kill, νῆάς τʼ ὀλέσας καὶ πάντας Ἀχαιούς Il. 8.498, cf. Od. 23.319 ; γένος ὀλέσσαι . . θανάτῳ Pi. P. 3.41 ; ρένος ὠλέσατε πρυμνόθεν A. Th. 1061 (anap.) ; θανεῖται καὶ θανοῦσʼ ὀλεῖ τινα S. Ant. 751 ; ὀλεῖ ὀλεῖ με E. Andr. 856 (lyr.) ; ἁ φιλοχρηματία Σπάρταν ὀλεῖ, ἄλλο γὰρ οὐδέν Orac. ap. Arist. Fr. 544 ; also, of doing away with evil, νῆστιν ὤλεσεν νόσον A. Ag. 1017 (lyr.).

II lose, lose life, die

lose, μένος, θυμόν, ψυχήν, ἦτορ ὀλέσαι, lose life, die, Il. 8.358, 13.763, 5.250 ; πόνον ὀρταλίχων ὀλέσαντες A. Ag. 54 (anap.) ; ἄγραν ὤλεσα Id. Eu. 148 (lyr.) ; τᾶς ἀνάνδρου κοίτας ὀλέσασα λέκτρον E. Med. 436 (lyr.).

B

Med.,

I perish, come to an end, die, mayʼst thou, may ye perish !

perish, come to an end, and of living beings, die, esp. a violent death, ἀπʼ αἰῶνος νέος ὤλεο Il. 24.725 ; ὤλεθʼ ὑπʼ Αἰγίσθοιο δόλῳ Od. 3.235 ; δόλοις ὀλούμεθʼ A. Ch. 888 ; ἦέ τις ὤλετʼ ὀλέθρῳ Od. 4.489 : c. acc. cogn., κακὸν οἶτον ὄληαι, ὀλέεσθε κακὸν μόρον, Il. 3.417, 21.133 ; θάνατον AP 7.745 (Antip. Sid.) ; ὄλοιο, ὄλοισθε, mayʼst thou, may ye perish ! a form of cursing very common in Trag., S. Ph. 961, 1019, 1285, etc. ; so ὀλοίμην Id. OT 645 ; ὄλοιτο ib. 1349 (lyr.), etc. ; ὄλοιντο Id. Tr.

II to be lost

of things, to be lost, μή τί μοι ἐκ μεγάρων κειμήλιον . . ὄληται Od. 15.91 ; ὤλετό μοι νόστος Il. 9.413, cf. Od. 1.168 ; κλέος Il. 9.415, cf. A. Supp. 918.

III to have perished, to be dead, undone, ruined, dead, to be in a state of ruin

pf. ὄλωλα (Syrac. ὀλώλω, Hilgard Exc. ex Hdn. p.30), to have perished, to be dead, undone, ruined, ὄλωλε μάχῃ ἔνι Il. 15.111, al., cf. A. Pers. 255, 1016 (lyr.), etc. ; τῶν ὀλωλότων of the dead, Id. Ag. 346, cf. 672, 1367, S. Ant. 174 : also of things, to be in a state of ruin, ἐσθίεταί μοι οἶκος, ὄλωλε δὲ πίονα ἔργα Od. 4.318.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὄλλυμι (scan pp. 1120-1121; entry #4516).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὄλλυμι (scan pp. 809-810; entry #5869).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὄλλυμι (scan pp. 1350-1351; entry #4230).

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