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καταστροφήν (katastrophen)

καταστροφήν is an Ancient Greek form of καταστροφή, meaning “overthrow, conclusion”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 50 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Instituta Laconia 42: … ήνων ἡγεμόνα κατά τε γῆν καὶ κατὰ θάλατταν ἀναγορευσάντων, καὶ μεταξὺ δʼ Ἀλέξανδρον τὸν υἱὸν μετὰ τὴν Θηβαίων καταστροφήν, μόνοι Λακεδαιμόνιοι, καίπερ ἀτείχιστον πόλιν ἔχοντες καὶ ὀλίγοι πάνυ ὄντες διὰ τοὺς συνεχεῖς πολέμους καὶ πο …

Lucian of Samosata, De Morte Peregrini 37: αὖθις ὁρῶ γελῶντά σε, ὦ καλὲ Κρόνιε, τὴν καταστροφὴν τοῦ δράματος. ἐγὼ δὲ τοὺς μητρῴους μὲν δαίμονας ἐπιβοώμενον μὰ τὸν Δίʼ οὐ σφόδρα ᾐτιώμην· ὅτε δὲ καὶ τοὺς πατ …

All forms of καταστροφή (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.