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ὀλοός

oloos

destructive

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Where it lives

Seven Against Thebes 4 · 7.95/10k
Theogony 5 · 7.26/10k
Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Iliad 25 · 2.24/10k
Orestes 2 · 2.04/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Odyssey 17 · 1.96/10k
Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Thesmophoriazusae 1 · 1.42/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ὁλοός · holoos — Beekes

ὁλοός [adj.] “destructive, sinister, ominous’ (I1.). 41Ὲ *h,olh,-uo- ‘destructive’> VAR Also ὀλοιός (A 342, X 5, h. Ven. 224), ὀλώιος (Hes. Th. 591, Nonn.), οὐλοός (A. R.), vocative ὀλέ (Alcm. 55), ὀλόεις (S. Tr. 521 [lyr.]). *COMP As a first member in ὀλοό-φρων ‘with destructive intent’, of ὕδρος, λέων, σῦς κάπρος (Il.), also ‘crafty’, of Ἄτλας, Αἰήτης, Μίνως (Od.); also ὀλο-εργός, -εργής ‘having a destructive … — [Beekes, s.v. ὁλοός, p. 1122]

2. ὁλοός · holoos — Frisk

ὁλοός, auch ὀλοιός (A 342, X 5, h.Ven. 224), ὁλώϊος (Hes. Th. 591, Nonn.), οὐλοός (A. R.), Vok. ὁλέ (Alkm. 55), ὀλόεις (8. Tr. 521, Iyr.) “verderblich, unheilvoll, verhängnisvoll’ (ep. post. seit Il.). Als Vorderglied in dAod-powv “verderblichen Sinnes, Unheil sinnend’, von ὕδρος, λέων, σῦς κάπρος (Il.), auch von ἄΐτλας, Αἰήτης, Μίνως (Od.); dazu Tiöche Mus. Helv. 2, 69f., Armstrong ClassRev. 63, 50; auch ὀλο-εργός, … — [Frisk, s.v. ὁλοός, p. 1352]

3. ὀλοός · oloos — LSJ

destructive, deadly, ill

destructive, deadly, ὀλοὴ Κήρ Il. 18.535 ; μοῖρʼ ὀλοή 16.849, al. ; ὀλοῷ Ἀχιλῆι 24.39 ; πυρὸς ὀλοοῖο Od. 12.68 ; ὀλοῷ ἐνὶ δεσμῷ 22.200 ; πόλεμος, μάχης πόνος, Il. 3.133, 16.568 ; λύσσα, γόος, μῆνις, 9.305, 23.10, Od. 3.135 ; γήραος οὐδός Il. 24.487 ; νύξ 16.567, al. ; ὀ. τύχαι A. Pr. 553 (lyr.) ; νιφάς Id. Th. 213 (lyr.) ; θηρὸς κέρας Call. Fr. 249 ; γηγενέων ἀνδρῶν ὀ. στάχυς A.R. 3.1338 : c. inf., ὀ. φέρειν ζυγόν, of the wild horse, Opp. C. 3.261 ; ὀλοὰ φρονεῖν design ill, τινι Il. 16.701 : Com

II destroyed, lost

rare in pass. sense, destroyed, lost, ὀλοοὺς ἀπέλειπον A. Pers. 962 (lyr.).

In the wild

ὀλοοὺς · oloous Aeschylus, Persians 962–966
ὀλοὰς · oloas Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 552–553
ὀλοᾶς · oloas Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 208–213
ὀλοὰ · oloa Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 767–768
ὀλοὰ · oloa Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 998
ὀλοὰ · oloa Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 999

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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. ὀλοός (scan pp. 1122-1123; entry #4523).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὀλοός (scan pp. 1352-1353; entry #4238).

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