Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁- (destroy) with the suffix -νῡμῐ (-nūmi) and assimilation of *ln to ll (*όλ-νῠ-μι). See Latin ab-oleō, which may be related.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ὄλλῡμῐ (óllūmi)

  1. to destroy, make an end of
  2. to lose
  3. (middle, passive, and perfect) to perish, come to an end
  4. (middle, passive, and perfect) to be ruined, undone

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • ὄλλυμι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ὄλλυμι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ὄλλυμι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ὄλλυμι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ὄλλυμι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN