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ὀρφᾰν-ίζω

orphanizo

make orphan, make destitute

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Where it lives

Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k

What it meant

ὀρφᾰν-ίζω · orphan-izō — LSJ

make orphan, make destitute, rob, bereave of, rob, to be bereaved, to be left in orphanhood

make orphan, make destitute, πρὸς παίδων, οὓς ὀρφανιεῖς E. Alc. 276 (anap.); ἀμὸν βίον ὠρφάνισσε (prob. cj., -ισε codd.) ib. 397: c. gen., rob, bereave of a thing, τινὰ ὕπνου, ζωᾶς, Theoc. Ep. 5.6, AP 7.483 ; βιότου IG 12(8).441.8 (Thasos); ὀ. κακὰν γλῶσσαν ὀπός rob Slander of her voice, Pi. P. 4.283:—Pass., to be bereaved, τῶν φίλων Gorg. Hel. 7 ; ἐκ δυοῖν . . ὠρφανισμένος βίον (βίου codd.) S. Tr. 942 : abs., to be left in orphanhood, Pi. P. 6.22.

II sweep away

sweep away, Ἅιδης . . ἐλπίδας ὠρφάνισεν Epigr.Gr. 233.10 (Chios).

In the wild

ὠρφανισμένος · ōrphanismenos Sophocles, Trachiniae 936–942

Where it came from

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