πέρθω

πέρθω, Il.18.342 : [tense] fut.

A

πέρσω 21.584

: [tense] aor. 1

ἔπερσα Od.1.2

,al.; [dialect] Ep. inf.

περσέμεν Q.S.12.20

: [tense] aor. 2

ἔπρᾰθον Pi.Pae.6.91

; poet.

πράθον Id.N.7.35

; also [dialect] Ep. (cf. δια-, ἐκ-πέρθω), but in Hom. [tense] aor. 1 is more common: [dialect] Ion. [tense] impf.

πέρθεσκον A.R.1.800

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] pres. and [tense] impf., Il.2.374, 12.15 : [tense] fut. [voice] Med. πέρσομαι in pass. sense, 24.729 : [tense] aor. inf. [voice] Pass.

πέρθαι 16.708

:—poet. Verb, waste, ravage, sack, in Hom. only of towns, Il.18.342, Od.1.2,al.: freq. in later poets, Orac. ap. Hdt.7.220 ([voice] Pass.), Corinn.16, Pi.N.7.35, etc.:—[voice] Pass.,

πόλιν περθομέναν ἀτίμως A.Th.325

(lyr.).

2 of persons, destroy, slay,

στρατόν Pi.O.10(11).32

;

ἀνθρώπους S.Aj.1198

(lyr.);

δείματα θηρῶν E.HF700

(lyr.); and even of one man,

ἔπραθέ [νιν] φασγάνου ἀκμᾷ Pi.P.9.81

, cf. N.3.37 ;

μήτε μ' ἂν νόσον μήτ' ἄλλο πέρσαι μηδέν S.OT1456

: metaph., of love, E.Hipp.542 (lyr.); of fire,

πυρὶ περθόμενοι δέμας Pi.P.3.50

.

3 of things,

γενείου πέρθε τρίχα A.Pers.1056

;

φύλλον ἐλαίης . . χερὶ πέρσας S.OC703

(lyr.).

II get by plunder, take at the sack of a town,

τὰ μὲν πολίων ἐξ ἐπράθομεν Il.1.125

; δμῳαὶ . . ἃς ἔπερσ' ἐμὸς πατήρ E. El.316.