- οἴχομαι
- be undone
- 1. Dep. to be gone, to have gone , Lat. abesse (not abire) , in perf. sense, and imperf. ὠιχόμην in plup. sense, directly opp. to ἥκω, to have come , while ἔρχομαι, to go or come , serves as the pres. to both, [8th/7th c.BC], etc.;—;often c. part., οἴχεται φεύγων is fled and gone , [8th/7th c.BC]; ὤιχετ᾽ ἀποπτάμενος he hath taken flight and gone , [8th/7th c.BC]; οἴχεται θανών (v. infr. II. 1); also with an adj., οἴχεται φροῦδος he's clean gone, [5th/4th c.BC]:—;c. acc. pers. to have escaped from , [8th/7th c.BC]
2. Special usages,
3. euphem. for θνήσκω, to be gone hence , οἴχεται εἰς Ἀί̈δαο [8th/7th c.BC]; in attic, οἴχεται θανών [Refs 5th c.BC], etc.:—;part. οἰχόμενος for θανών, departed, dead , [var. datesTragica Adespota; but in [8th/7th c.BC] simply absent or away , Ὀδυσῆος πόθος οἰχομένοιο desire of the absent Ulysses, [8th/7th c.BC]
4. to be undone, ruined , [Refs 5th c.BC]; esp. in ὤιχωκα or οἴχωκα, Lat. perii, [6th/5th c.BC], etc.
5. of things, to denote any quick, violent motion, to rush, sweep along , [8th/7th c.BC] (ML)