ἐρείπιον

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ἐρείπω

A. fallen ruin, wreck, Arist. Rh. 1413a6, Aristid. Or. 49(25).42, Opp. H. 5.324: generally in pl., ναυτικὰ ἐ. wreckage, A. Ag. 660,Fr. 274, E. Hel. 1080 ; θραύμασίν τ’ ἐρειπίων A. Pers. 425; ruins, οἰκημάτων, [τειχέων], Hdt. 2.154,4.124 ; δόμων E. Ba. 7; ἐρείπια alone, ἐν τοῖς Κιμωνίοις ἐ. Cratin. 151 ; ἐ. χλανιδίων fragments of garments, Trag.Adesp. 7; πέπλων E. Tr. 1025 ; νεκρῶν ἐ. dead carcasses, S. Aj. 308, E. Fr. 266.—Poet.and later Prose (exc. Arist.and Hdt.ll.cc.), D.H. 1.14,CIG 2700e(Mylasa), Paus. 10.38.13, Aristid. l.c., etc.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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