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ἀποφθίνω

apophthino

perish utterly, die away

Appears 15 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀποφθίνω [ῐ], I. intr. in pres., perish utterly, die away, A. Ag. 857; ἀποφθίνει τὰ χρηστά S. Ph. 457: also in pf. ἀπέφθῐκα Them. Or. 28.341d: but mostly, II. causal, in fut. -φθίσω, aor. ἀπέφθισα [ῑ Ep., ῐ Trag.]:—make to perish, waste away, destroy, ἄνδρας ἀποφθίσειε θάλασσα Hes. Op. 666; πρὸς γυναικὸς δʼ ἀπέφθισεν βίον had his life taken by a womanʼs hand, A. Ag. 1454 (lyr.); ἔμελλέ σʼ Ἕκτωρ καὶ θανὼν ἀποφθίσαι S. Aj. 1027; τὸν βαλόντʼ ἀποφθίσαι χρήζων Id. Tr. 709; of disease, cause death, be fatal, Hp. Aër. 11. 2. most freq. in Pass., = Act. intr., perish, die, esp. in aor. with plpf. form ἀπέφθιτο [ῐ] Od. 15.268; imper. ἀποφθίσθω Il. 8.429; opt. ἀποφθίμην [ῑ] Od. 10.51; Ep. and Lyr. part. ἀποφθίμενος [ῐ] dead, Il. 3.322, al., Ibyc. 27, B. 8.79 (not in Trag.): also in Ep. aor. 3pl. ἀπέφθιθεν Od. 5.110, 133, 7.251 (v.l. ἀπέφθιθον). 3. Med., aor. 1 -φθίσασθαι [ῑ] Q.S. 14.545.
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