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πορθέω

1. collat. form of πέρθω, "to destroy, ravage, waste, plunder", Hom., Hdt., Trag.

2. in pres. and imperf. "to endeavour to destroy, to besiege" a town, Hdt.:—"to destroy, despoil, ruin", Aesch.:—in Pass. "to be ruined, undone", Eur.