I.desolate, lone, lonely, lonesome, solitary:
2.of persons or animals, Il., Aesch., etc.: desolate, helpless, Soph., Dem.:—neut. pl. as adv., ἔρημα κλαίω I weep in solitude, Eur.
3.of conditions, Soph.
II.c. gen. reft of, void or destitute of, Hdt., attic
III.ἐρήμη δίκη, ἡ, an undefended action, in which one party does not appear, and judgment goes against him by default, Thuc., etc.: so ἐρήμη or ἔρημος (without δίκη), ἐρήμην εἷλον I got judgment by default, Dem.; ἔρημον ὦφλε he let it go by default, id=Dem.; ἐρήμην κατηγορεῖν to accuse in a case where there was no defence, Plat.
