ruin, rubble
Ancient Greek word, found 141 times in the texts on Socratos.
Herodotus, Histories 2.154.5: ἐξ ὧν δὲ ἐξανέστησαν χώρων, ἐν τούτοισι δὲ οἵ τε ὁλκοὶ τῶν νεῶν καὶ τὰ ἐρείπια τῶν οἰκημάτων τὸ μέχρι ἐμεῦ ἦσαν.
Euripides, The Trojan Women 1025: ἣν χρῆν ταπεινὴν ἐν πέπλων ἐρειπίοις,
Euripides, Helen 1080: ξυμμαρτυρήσει ναυτικῶν ἐρειπίων.
All forms of ἐρείπιον