διαφθορά

diaphthora

destruction, ruin

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 2
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Book VII 2
Chapter 3 583a14–583b28

583b11

Chapter 4 583b29–585a28

585a11
Generation of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 2 752a9–754a20

753a24
Metaphysics 1
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Book Θ 1
Chapter 9 1051a4–33

1051a21
Politics 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 11 1313a15–1315b10

1315a25
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 12 1372a4–1373a38

1372a34

Dictionary (LSJ)

διαφθορά, Ion. διαφθορή, ἡ, (διαφθείρω) A. destruction, ruin, ἐπὶ -φθορᾷ τῆς πόλεως Th. 8.86; ἀπέστειλε ἐπὶ διαφθορῇ Hdt. 4.164; μέχρι διαφθορᾶς Pl. Mx. 242d: pl., S. OT 573, etc. 2. destruction, blight, of things, ὀμμάτων διαφθοραί Id. OC 552; διαφθορὰ μορφῆς A. Pr. 643. 3. in moral sense, corruption, seduction, νέων X. Ap. 19; κριτῶν Arist. Rh. 1372a34 (pl.). 4. miscarriage, abortion, Hp. Mul. 1.3, Coac. 505, Melanges Holleaux 265 (ii/i B. C.). 5. stomachic disorder, Aret. CA 1.5. II. concrete, ἰχθύσιν δ. a prey for fishes, of a corpse, S. Aj. 1297; πολεμίοις ὕβρισμα καὶ δ. E. HF 459.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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