πέρθω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-dʰh₁- (to pierce, strike) and/or *bʰerdʰ- (to cut, chop (off), hew, shear).

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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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