πέρθω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰerdʰ- (to pierce, strike).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

πέρθω (pérthō)

  1. to sack, ravage, destroy (a city); to slay (a person)
    800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.1–2:
    Ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, Μοῦσα, πολύτροπον, ὃς μάλα πολλὰ
    πλάγχθη, ἐπεὶ Τροίης ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον ἔπερσε·
    Ándra moi énnepe, Moûsa, polútropon, hòs mála pollà
    plánkhthē, epeì Troíēs hieròn ptolíethron éperse;
    Muse, sing for me of the man of many ways, who wandered very far, after he sacked the holy city of Troy:
  2. to get by plundering

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