ἐρημία
Alt. ἐρημία, ἡ,
I. of places, "a solitude, desert, wilderness", Hdt., Aesch., etc.
II. as a state or condition, "solitude, loneliness", ἐρημίαν ἄγειν, ἔχειν to keep alone, Eur.; of persons, "isolation, desolation", Soph.; δι᾽ ἐρημίαν from "being left alone", Thuc.
2. c. gen. "want of, absence", Eur., Thuc., etc.; τὴν ἐρ. ὁρῶν τῶν κωλυσόντων seeing that there would be "none" to hinder him, Dem.; ἐρ. κακῶν "freedom from" evil, Eur.