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ὄλλυμι

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From the Greek descendant of Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁- (“destroy”) +‎ -νῡμῐ (-nūmĭ), with assimilation of *-λν- (*-ln-) to -λλ- (-ll-). Compare Latin ab-oleō, which may be related.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ὄλλῡμῐ • (óllūmĭ)

  1. to destroy, make an end of
  2. to lose
  3. (middle voice, passive voice and perfect)
    1. to perish; to come to an end
      • c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 164:
        ἔσσεται ἦμαρ, ὅτ’ ἄν ποτ’ ὀλώλῃ Ἴλιος ἱρὴ
        καὶ Πρίαμος καὶ λαὸς ἐϋμμελίω Πριάμοιο.
        éssetai êmar, hót’ án pot’ olṓlēi Ílios hirḕ
        kaì Príamos kaì laòs eümmelíō Priámoio.
        [Agamemnon speaking] The day will come, when sacred Ilios has fallen and Priamos and the ashen-speared folk of Priamos.
    2. to be ruined; to be undone

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References

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  • “ὄλλυμι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ὄλλυμι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “ὄλλυμι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ὄλλυμι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “ὄλλυμι”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN