ὄλεθρος
Alt. ὄλεθρος, ὁ,
Etym. ὄλλυμι
I. "ruin, destruction, death", Hom., Trag., etc.; ὀλέθρου πείρατα, Like θανάτου τέλος, the consummation "of death", Il.:— οὐκ εἰς ὄλεθρον; as an imprecation, "ruin seize thee!" Soph.:— χρημάτων ὀλέθρῳ by "loss" of money, Thuc.; ἐπ᾽ ὀλέθρῳ Plat.
II. like Lat. pernicies and "pestis, that which causes destruction, a pest, plague, curse", Hes.; of persons, Hdt.; so Oedipus calls himself τὸν ὄλεθρον μέγαν Soph.; ὄλ. Μακεδών, of Philip, Dem., etc.