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1 καταστρεπτικός
devastatingΕλληνικά-Αγγλικά νέο λεξικό (Greek-English new dictionary) > καταστρεπτικός
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2 Σείριος
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `Sirius, dog star' (Hes.), also appositive or attributive Σείριος ἀστήρ (Hes. Op. 417), as adj. of stars (Ibyc. a. o.) and of the sun (Archil. a. o.), `glowing, burning, desiccating'; also as adjunct of the νᾶες (Tim. Pers. 192), prob. reinterpreted as `devastating, destroying' (cf. v. Wilamowitz ad loc.).Derivatives: σειριόεις `scorching, glowing' ( ἥλιος, ἀτμός, Opp., Nonn.); σειρι-άω `to glow, to scorch' ( ὀξέα σειριάει, of Σείριος, Arat. 331), also `to get a heat stroke, σειρίασις' (medic.); σειρ-αίνω `to scorch, to parch' (Oros ap. EM), - όω ( ἀπο-), also - έω (- εόω) `to desiccate, to drain, to filtrate' (medic., pap.; cf. Lagercrantz on PHolm. 23, 21) with - ωμα, - ωσις (late); - άζω `to strike', of lightning (Ael. Dion.). To this designations for `thin, transparent (summer)garment': σειρόν, σείριον, σείρινα, σειρήν (Harp., Phot., Hes.); cf. Solmsen Wortforsch. 128. Artificial backformation σείρ, σειρός ὁ ἥλιος καὶ Σείριος (Suid.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Not certainly explained. If prop. `sparkling, flickering' and at all IE., Σείριος can with σείω (s. v.) belong to a verb for `be excited, sparkle, gleam' in Skt. tviṣ-, to which a.o. tvíṣ- `excitement, gleam', tveṣ-á- `tempestuous, sparkling'; to this also Av. ʮwisra- `lighting'. Basis then *tu̯eis-ro- or (if σει- would stand for σῑ-; Götze KZ 51, 151 f.) *tu̯is-ro-; s., beside Bq, WP. 1, 748 w. lit., Pok. 1099. Further details w. lit. in Scherer Gestirnnamen 111ff. -- Furnée 262 compares τίριος θέρους. Κρῆτες H.; if so, the word would be Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,688Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > Σείριος
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3 βόρβορος
βόρβορος, ου, ὁ (Aeschyl., Pla., al.; Jer 45:6; Jos., Ant. 10, 121; ParJer 3:13; Tat. 21, 4)① boiling mire in the netherworld, mire ApcPt 8:23; 9:24; 16:31 (cp. Diogenes the Cynic [IV B.C.] in Diog. L. 6, 39: the wicked are tormented in the next world ἐν τῷ βορβόρῳ; AcThom 56; MartMt 3 [Aa II/2, 172, 9; II/1, 220, 1]).② sullied mud, slime, mud (cp. TestBenj 8:3 κόπρον και β.) in which swine wallow ὗς λουσαμένη εἰς κυλισμὸν βορβόρου 2 Pt 2:22. This is usu. taken to mean a sow, after she has washed herself, (turns) to wallowing in the mud (the ptc. is mid., Mlt. 155f; 238f; s. JHarris, The Story of Aḥikar 1898, lxvii, also in Charles, APOT II, 772; RSmend, Alter u. Herkunft d. Achikar-Romans 1908, 75). But the idea was also current that swine preferred to bathe in mud or slime (Sext. Emp., Pyrrhon. Hypot. I 56 σύες τε ἥδιον βορβόρῳ λούονται … ἢ ὕδατι … καθαρῷ; cp. Clem. Al., Protr. 92, 4; Aristot., HA 8, 6 p. 595a, 31; Galen, Protr. 13, p. 42, 22 John); the tr. might then be a sow, having (once) bathed herself (in mud), (returns) to wallowing in the mire (CBigg, ICC, 1901 ad loc.), or a sow that washes herself by wallowing in the mire (M-M. s.v. λούω); cp. PWendland, Ein Wort des Heraklit im NT: SBBerlAk 1898, 788–96. On swine wallowing in mud, lit. and fig., see Semonides 7, 2ff; Heraclitus, Fgm. 37; Epict. 4, 11, 29 (cp. 31) χοίρῳ διαλέγου, ἵνʼ ἐν βορβόρῳ μὴ κυλιήται; Plut., Mor. 129a; Ael. Aristid. 33, 31 K.=51 p. 582 D.; Philo, Spec. Leg. 1, 148, Agr. 144; Clem. Al., Protr. 92, 4. In the light of Israelite and Gr-Rom. emphasis on purification before participation in religious rites, the imagery is esp. forceful in its devastating satire. S. BHHW I 20.—Schmidt, Syn. II 193f, and s. πηλός. DELG. M-M. Sv. -
4 ἐξελέγχω
ἐξελέγχω fut. 3 sg. ἐξελέγξει LXX; 1 aor. subj. 3 sg. ἐξελέγξῃ Pr 30:6 v.l.; inf. ἐξελέγξαι ([strengthened for ἐλέγχω] Heraclitus, Pind., Trag. et al.; Thu. 3, 64, 4; SIG 417, 8; OGI 669, 58; PEdg 33 [=PCairZen 202, Sb 6739], 5; PTebt 25, 14; UPZ 113, 13 al.; LXX; Philo; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 105; 2, 138; Tat. 12, 3) to expose someone’s errors in devastating fashion: only Jd 15 as v.l. for ἐλέγξαι convict.—M-M. -
5 ολέθριος
1) baleful2) devastating3) perniciousΕλληνικά-Αγγλικά νέο λεξικό (Greek-English new dictionary) > ολέθριος
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