πέρθω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰerdʰ- (cut).

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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