ὀλοός
oloos
destructive, deadly
Appears 41 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὀλοός, ή, όν, (ὄλλυμι) A. 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 Pr. 553 (lyr.) ; νιφάς Th. 213 (lyr.) ; θηρὸς κέρας Fr. 249 ; γηγενέων ἀνδρῶν ὀ. στάχυς 3.1338 : c. inf., ὀ. φέρειν ζυγόν, of the wild horse, C. 3.261 ; ὀλοὰ φρονεῖν design ill, τινι Il. 16.701 : Comp. ὀλοώτερος 3.365,23.439 : Sup. -ώτατος (as fem.), ὀδμή Od. 4.442 : neut. pl. as Adv., ὀλοὰ στένει Tr. 846 (lyr.), cf. El. 843 (lyr.).—Rarer collat. forms are ὀλοιός, as ὀλοιὴ μοῖρα πέδησεν Il. 22.5 ; ὀλοιῇσι φρεσὶ θύει 1.342 ; γῆρας ὀλοιόν h.Ven. 224 ; ὀλώϊος, Th. 591 ; θάρσος ὀλώϊον D. 13.416 ; οὐλοός, 2.85,3.1402 (fem. -ός 6.464) ; ὀλός (q.v.). II. rare in pass. sense, destroyed, lost, ὀλοοὺς ἀπέλειπον Pers. 962 (lyr.).
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