A.make quite desolate, ἐ. οἶκον leave it destitute of heirs, D. 43.76, cf. LXXLe.26.31, al.; “ἐξερημῶσαι γένος” S.El.1010 (but ἐ. δόμους abandon them, E.Andr.597, 991); “πόλεις -ωμένας” Pl.Ep.332e; ἐ. τὰ ἑαυτῶν leaving their own places destitute (of troops), X.Vect.4.47; δράκοντος γένυν ἐ. making it destitute of teeth, E.HF253:— Pass., to be left destitute, “Ἑλλὰς ἐξερημωθεῖσα” Ar.Pax647; “εἰς τὸν ἐξηρημωμένον . . οἶκον” Pl.Lg.925c.
ἐξερημόω ,