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διόλλυμι

diollymi

destroy utterly, bring to naught

Appears 26 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

διόλλυμι or διολλύω (Them. Or. 32.356a), fut. -ολέσω, Att. -ολῶ S. Tr. (v. infr.):—Α. destroy utterly, bring to naught, Emp. 139, S. OT 442, Tr. 1028 (lyr.), Pl. Cri. 47c, etc.; δ. γυναῖκα ruin a woman, E. El. 921:— Pass., with fut. -ολοῦμαι, pf. -όλωλα, perish utterly, come to naught, Th. 3.40, etc.; διώλετο ἔκ τινος by some oneʼs hand, S. OT 225. II. blot out of oneʼs mind, forget, εἰδὼς διώλεσα ib.318.
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