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ὄλεθρος

olethros

ruin, destruction, death

Appears 14 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὄλεθρος, ὁ, A. ruin, destruction, death, αἰπὺς ὄ. Il. 11.174, al. ; λυγρὸς ὄ. 10.174, al. ; ὄ. ἀδευκής Od. 4.489 ; οἴκτιστος ὄ. 23.79 ; ἵνα ψυχῆς ὤκιστος ὄ. Il. 22.325 ; ὀλέθρου πείρατα, like τέλος θανάτοιο, the consummation of death, 6.143 ; ὄ., opp. γένεσις, Parm. 8.21, 27 ; οὐκ εἰς ὄλεθρον ; as an imprecation, plague take thee! S. OT 430 ; χρημάτων ὀλέθρῳ by destruction of property. Th. 7.27 ; εἶναι ἐν ὀλέθρῳ Antipho 1.29 ; ἐπʼ ὀλέθρῳ τῶν χρωμένων E. Ph. 534 ; ἐκκλησιάζειν ἐπʼ ὀλέθρῳ Ar. Th. 84 ; οὐκ ἐπὶ δουλείᾳ κολάζοντες οὐδʼ ἐπʼ ὀλέθρῳ Pl. R. 471a : pl., Phld. Rh. 2.140S. II. that which causes destruction, pest, plague, Hes. Th. 326 ; contemptuously of persons, γεγονὼς κακῶς καὶ ἐὼν ὄ. Hdt. 3.142 ; ὑπὸ γερόντων ὀ. Ar. Lys. 325 ; ὄ. ἄνθρωπος Eup. 376, cf. Men. 533.13 ; ὄ. Μακεδών, of Philip, D. 9.31 ; ὄ. γραμματεύς a pestilent scribe, of Aeschines, Id. 18.127 ; τὸν βάσκανον, τὸν δʼ ὄ. the cheat, the pest! Id. 21.209 ; ἀνθρώπους οὐδʼ ἐλευθέρους ἀλλʼ ὀ. Id. 23.202 ; πολλοὶ ὄ. καὶ μεγάλοι Pl. R. 491b. III. seduction, Ἑλένης E. IA 1382 (troch.).
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