ἀπόλλυμι

ἀπόλλῡμι or [suff] ἀπολ-ύω (Th.4.25, Pl.R.608e, Arist.Pol.1297a12, but f.l. in Men.580; the form is rejected by Phryn.PSp.10 B., Moer.12), [tense] impf.

A

ἀπώλλυν A.Pers.652

(lyr.), S.El.1360,

ἀπώλλυον And.1.58

: [tense] fut. ἀπολέσω, [dialect] Ep. ἀπολέσσω, [dialect] Att. ἀπολῶ, [dialect] Ion.

ἀπολέω Hdt.1.34

, al.: [tense] aor. ἀπώλεσα, [dialect] Ep. ἀπόλεσσα: [tense] pf. ἀπολώλεκα:—freq. in tmesi in [dialect] Ep.; Prep. postponed in Od.9.534:—stronger form of ὄλλυμι, destroy utterly, kill, in Hom. mostly of death in battle,

ἀπώλεσε λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν 11.5.758

, al.; ἐκπάγλως ἀπόλεσσαν ib.1.268; also of things, demolish, lay waste, ἀπώλεσεν Ἴλιον ἱρήν ib.5.648, etc.; generally, βίοτον δ' ἀπὸ πάμπαν ὀλέσσει will waste my substance, Od.2.49; οἵ μ' ἀπωλλύτην sought to destroy me ([tense] impf. sense), S.OT1454; in pregnant sense, ἐπεί με γᾶς ἐκ πατρίας ἀπώλεσε drove me ruined from . ., E.Hec.946; τῆς παρ' ἡμέραν χάριτος τὰ μέγιστα τῆς πόλεως ἀ. for the sake of . ., D. 8.70.

2 λόγοις or λέγων ἀ. τινά talk or bore one to death, S.El.1360, Ar.Nu.892 (lyr.): hence, alone, in [tense] fut.

ἀπολεῖς με Id.Ach.470

;

οἴμ' ὡς ἀπολεῖς με Pherecr.108.20

; ἀπολεῖ μ' οὑτοσί by his questions, Antiph.222.8, etc.

3 ruin a woman, Lys.1.8.

II lose,

πατέρ' ἐσθλὸν ἀπώλεσα Od.2.46

, cf. Il.18.82, Democr.272;

ἀπώλεσε νόστιμον ἦμαρ Od.1.354

; ἀπὸ θυμὸν ὀλέσσαι lose one's life, 11.16.861, Od.12.350; θυμὸν οὐκ ἀπώλεσεν loses not his spirit, S.El.26;

ἔλεον ἀπώλεσεν 11.24.44

; freq. of things,

ἡ τοῦ πλέονος ἐπιθυμίη τὸ παρεὸν ἀπόλλυσι Democr.224

;

ἵππους ἑβδομήκοντα ἀπολλύασι Th.7.51

;

ἀπώλεσαν τὴν ἀρχὴν ὑπὸ Περσῶν X.An.3.4.11

, cf. 7.2.22;

μηδὲν ἀπολλὺς τοῦ ὄγκου Pl.Tht.155c

; ἀ. οὐσίαν, = ἀπόλλυσθαι, Id.Prm.163d.

B [voice] Med., ἀπόλλῠμαι: [tense] fut. -ολοῦμαι, [dialect] Ion.

-ολέομαι Hdt.7.218

: [tense] aor. 2 -ωλόμην: [tense] pf. -όλωλα, whence the barbarous [tense] impf.

ἀπόλωλο Ar.Th.1212

: [tense] plpf. in [dialect] Att. Prose sts. written ἀπωλώλειν in codd., as Th.4.133, 7.27:—perish, die, 11.1.117, etc.; cease to exist, opp. γίγνεσθαι, Meliss.8, Pl.Prm.156b, etc.: sts. c. acc. cogn.,

ἀπόλωλε κακὸν μόρον Od.1.166

; ἀπωλόμεθ' αἰπὺν ὄλεθρον ib.9.303: c. dat. modi, ἀπώλετο λυγρῷ ὀλέθρῳ (v.l. λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον) ib.3.87;

ἀ. ὑπό τινος Hdt. 5.126

; simply, to be undone,

αὐτῶν . . ἀπωλόμεθ' ἀφραδίῃσιν Od.10.27

;

ἀπωλώλει τῷ φόβῳ μή . . X.Cyr.6.1.2

: freq. in [dialect] Att., esp. in [tense] pf., ἀπόλωλας you are lost, Ar.Nu.1077;

ἀπωλόμεθ' ἂν εἰ μὴ ἀπολώλειμεν Plu. 2.185f

;

ἱκανὸν χρόνον ἀπολλύμεθα καὶ κατατετρίμμεθα Ar.Pax355

;

βλέπειν ἀπολωλός Philostr.Jun.Im.2

:—as an imprecation,

κάκιστ' ἀπολοίμην εἰ. . Ar.Ach.151

, al.;

κακὸς κακῶς ἀπόλοιθ' ὅστις. . Eub. 116

;

ἐξώλης ἀπόλοιθ' ὅστις. . Men.154

; ἀπολλύμενος, opp. σῳζόμενος, Isoc.6.36, cf. Plu.2.469d: freq. in part. [tense] fut., κάκιστ' ἀπολούμενε o destined to a miserable end! i.e. o thou villain, scoundrel, knave! Ar.Pl.713, cf. 456, Ach.865, Pax2;

ὁ κάκιστ' ἀνέμων ἀ. Luc.DDeor. 14.2

.

2 in NT, perish, in theol. sense, Ev.Jo.3.16, al.; οἱ ἀπολλύμενοι, opp. οἱ σῳζόμενοι, 1 Ep.Cor.1.18.

II to be lost, ὕδωρ ἀπολέσκετ' (of the water eluding Tantalus) Od.11.586; οὔποτε καρπὸς ἀπόλλυται never falls untimely, ib.7.117;

ἀπό τέ σφισιν ὕπνος ὄλωλεν Il.10.186

;

γέλως ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἀπόλωλεν X.Smp.1.15

;

ἀπολόμενον ἀργύριον Antipho Soph.54

;

ἀπώλοντο οἱ ὄνοι LXX 1 Ki.9.3

.