κ2079Κόρημα
broom, besom
[Meaning] something that sweeps, something that brings order. "Do not sweep Greece empty". Meaning making [it] empty of inhabitants through wars. There was also a certain curse used by the ancients like that, as…
Κόρημα· τὸ σάρον, τὸ κόσμητρον. μὴ 'κκόρει τὴν Ἑλλάδα. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἔρημον οἰκητόρων ποιῶν διὰ τῶν πολέμων. ἦν δὲ καὶ ἀρά τις αὕτη τοῖς ἀρχαίοις, ὥς που καὶ Μένανδρός φησιν·…