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1 πέρθω
Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `to destroy, to devastate' (Il.).Other forms: Aor. πέρσαι, πραθεῖν, fut. πέρσω (Il.). Inf. pass. πέρθαι (Π 708), prob. sigmat. aor. *περθσ-(σ)θαι (Wackernagel Unt. 90 n. 2, Schwyzer 751), if not simply haplolog. for πέρθεσθαι with Meillet MSL 22, 262 (agreeing Kretschmer Glotta 13, 263), unclear πέρθετο (Μ 15 a.o.), in sense in any case aoristic (Schwyzer 746 and Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 389f.).Compounds: Also w. δια-, ἐκ-, συν-. As 1. member in governing compp. περσέ-π(τ)ολις `destroying cities' (A. in lyr.); as 2. member in πτολί-πορθος `id.' (Il.), also - ιος (ι 504), - ης (A. in lyr.). Verbal noun πέρσις f. `destruction' as title of several poems (Arist., Paus.).Derivatives: Deverbative πορθέω, aor. πορθῆσαι, also m. δια-, ἐκ- a.o. `to destroy, to devastate, to pillage' (Il.) with ( εκ-)-πόρθησις (D.), - ημα (Pl.), ( ἐκ-)-ήτωρ (A., E.), - ητής (E.), *ητήριος (Tz.), - ητικός (H.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Without convincing etymology. By Uhlenbeck Et. Wb. d. aind. Spr. 187 and PBBeitr. 30, 276 connected with Skt. bardhaka- `cutting off', m. `carpenter' and with several Germ. words for `plate, table', e.g. OE bred a. bord (prop. *'slice, what is cut off'?); quite uncertain; cf. also Benveniste Origines 192 n. 1. Further connection with IE * bher- in φάραγξ (s. v.) a.o. by Persson Stud. 45 [impossible]. Lat. perdō is to be kept apart. -- WP. 1, 174, Pok. 138; s. also W.-Hofmann s. forceps.Page in Frisk: 2,512Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > πέρθω
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2 διακόπτω
V 1-7-4-1-4=17 Gn 38,29; 2 Sm 5,20(bis); 6,8; 2 Kgs 3,26A: to cut in two, to cut through, to divide [τι] Ps 28(29),7; to break open [τι] 2 Mc 10,36; to cut through [abs.] 2 Kgs 3,26; to break through [τινα] 2 Sm 5,20; to destroy, to devastate [τι] Jdt 2,23; to cut through into [εἴς τι] Am 9,1; to make a breach upon [ἔν τινι] (of pers.) 1 Chr 15,13P: to be cut through Gn 38,29; to be broken up (of a city) Jer 52,7; to be killed 2 Mc 10,30; to be dispersed (of water) 2 Sm 5,20διέκοψεν κύριος διακοπήν the Lord made a breach, inflicted a deep wound (semit., rendering MT פרץ פרץ יהוה) 2 Sm 6,8 -
3 ἐξερημόω
V 2-2-14-1-1=20 Lv 26,31.32; JgsA 16,24; 2 Kgs 19,24; Is 37,26to make quite desolate, to devastate [τι] Lv 26,31; to dry up [τι] 2 Kgs 19,24 -
4 πορθέω
A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό) > πορθέω
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5 ερημώνω
1) depopulate2) devastateΕλληνικά-Αγγλικά νέο λεξικό (Greek-English new dictionary) > ερημώνω
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6 καταστρέφω
1) annihilate2) destroy3) devastate4) disrupt5) ravageΕλληνικά-Αγγλικά νέο λεξικό (Greek-English new dictionary) > καταστρέφω
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Devastate — Dev as*tate (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devastated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Devastating}.] [L. devastatus, p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste, vastus waste. See {Vast}.] To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
devastate — I verb demolish, depopulate, depredate, desolate, despoil, destroy, gut, lever, overwhelm, pillage, plunder, raid, ransack, ravage, raze, ruin, sack, wreck II index damage, despoil, destroy (efface), ex … Law dictionary
devastate — (v.) 1630s, perhaps a back formation from DEVASTATION (Cf. devastation). Apparently not common until 19c.; earlier verb form devast is attested from 1530s, from M.Fr. devaster. Related: devastated … Etymology dictionary
devastate — waste, *ravage, sack, pillage, despoil, spoliate Analogous words: *destroy, demolish, raze: *ruin, wreck: plunder, loot, *rob, rifle … New Dictionary of Synonyms
devastate — [v] demolish, destroy depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devour, do one in*, lay waste, level, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, raze, ruin, sack, smash, spoil, spoliate, stamp out*, take apart, total*, trash*, waste, wipe off map*, wreck;… … New thesaurus
devastate — ► VERB 1) destroy or ruin. 2) overwhelm with severe shock or grief. DERIVATIVES devastation noun devastator noun. ORIGIN Latin devastare, from vastare lay waste … English terms dictionary
devastate — [dev′ə stāt΄] vt. devastated, devastating [< L devastatus, pp. of devastare, to lay waste < de , intens. + vastare, to make empty < vastus, empty: see VAST] 1. to lay waste; make desolate; ravage; destroy 2. to make helpless; overwhelm… … English World dictionary
devastate — verb Devastate is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑cyclone, ↑earthquake, ↑hurricane, ↑tornado, ↑typhoon Devastate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑country, ↑economy, ↑industry … Collocations dictionary
devastate */ — UK [ˈdevəˌsteɪt] / US verb [transitive, usually passive] Word forms devastate : present tense I/you/we/they devastate he/she/it devastates present participle devastating past tense devastated past participle devastated 1) to seriously damage or… … English dictionary
devastate — [17] Etymologically as well as semantically, devastate is related to ‘lay waste’. It comes from the past participle of Latin dēvāstāre, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē and vāstāre ‘lay waste’. This was a derivative of vāstus… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
devastate — [17] Etymologically as well as semantically, devastate is related to ‘lay waste’. It comes from the past participle of Latin dēvāstāre, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē and vāstāre ‘lay waste’. This was a derivative of vāstus… … Word origins
