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διαφθείρω

diaphtheiro

destroy utterly

Appears 147 times across Plato's dialogues.

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διαφθείρω, fut. -φθερῶ S. OT 438, etc., Ep. -φθέρσω Il. 13.625: pf. διέφθαρκα E. Med. 226, Pl. Ap. 30d, etc.; also διέφθορα (v. infr. III):— Pass., fut. διαφθᾰρήσομαι Th. 4.37; Ion. διαφθερέομαι Hdt. 8.108, 9.42: 3pl. plpf. διεφθάρατο Id. 8.90:—Α. destroy utterly, πόλιν Il. 13.625; ἔργα διαφθείρεσκε Hdt. 1.36; make away with, kill, τινά Id. 9.88, etc.; destroy, ruin, ἥδʼ ἡμέρα φύσει σε καὶ διαφθερεῖ S.l.c.; τὴν τύχην Id. Ph. 1069; δ. χεῖρα weaken, slacken oneʼs hand, E. Med. 1055; spoil, break, ὑγιῆ λίθον IG 7.3073.33 (Lebad., ii B.C.); τὰ θυρώματα διεφθάρθαι IG 22.1046.11; δ. τὴν συνουσίαν break up the party, Pl. Prt. 338d. 2. in moral sense, corrupt, ruin, γνώμην A. Ag. 932; δ. τοὺς νέους, τοὺς νεωτέρους, Pl. Ap. 30b, 25a; νεανίσκον συνὼν δ. Eup. 337; esp. corrupt by bribes, Hdt. 5.51; ἀργυρίῳ δ. τινά Lys. 28.9; διαφθειρομένων ἐπὶ χρήμασι D. 18.45; δ. γυναῖκα seduce a woman, Lys. 1.16, etc., cf. E. Ba. 318 (Pass.); δ. τοὺς νόμους falsify, counterfeit them, Isoc. 18.11; γραμματεῖον Id. 17.33 (Pass., ib.24); τὰ φεφ αδηκότα IG 9(1).334.37 (Locr., V. B.C.). 3. οὐδὲν διαφθείρας τοῦ χρώματος having changed nothing of his colour, Pl. Phd. 117b. 4. of a woman, to lose by miscarriage or premature birth, ἔμβρυα, βρέφος, Hp. Aph. 5.53, Plu. 2.242c: abs., miscarry, Hp. Epid. 7.73, Is. 8.36:—Pass., τῶν διαφθαρεισῶν τὰ ἔμβρυα Hp. Mul. 1.72. 5. lose, forget, E. Hipp. 389. 6. = διάγω, dub. in Id. Fr. 280. II. Pass., to be destroyed, δ. ἐπὶ τοῖς ἱματίοις to be murdered for the clothes he wore, Antipho 2.2.5; of animals, freq. in Pap., POxy. 74.14 (ii A.D.), etc.; esp. to be crippled, disabled, Hdt. 1.34; of ships, ib.166, And. 1.142; to be spoilt, γάλα BGU 1109.11 (i B.C.), cf. Th. 7.84; to be corrupted, αἷμα Gal. 15.297, al.; τὴν ἀκοὴν διεφθαρμένος deaf, Hdt. 1.38; τὰ σκέλεα διεφθάρησαν had their legs broken, Id. 8.28; διέφθαρμαι δέμας τὸ πᾶν S. Tr. 1056; τὰ ὄμματα δ. blinded, Pl. R. 517a; σὰς φρένας E. Hel. 1192; τὸ φρενῶν διαφθαρέν, = φρενοβλάβεια, Id. Or. 297, cf. X. Cyr. 4.1.8: abs., διεφθαρμένος decomposed, of a corpse, Pl. R. 614b. III. pf. διέφθορα intr., to have lost oneʼs wits, διέφθορας Il. 15.128; also in Hp., διεφθορὸς αἷμα corrupted blood, Mul. 2.134; freq. in later Prose, γάλα δ. ἤδη J. AJ 5.5.4; τὰ δ. σώματα Plu. 2.87c, cf. 128e, Luc. Sol. 3, etc.; but, 2. in Trag. and Com. always trans. (cf. Ammon. 42, Moer. 127), τὰς . . ἐλπίδας διέφθορεν S. El. 306; τὰς φρένας διέφθορε . . μοναρχία E. Hipp. 1014; τὸν λόγον δ. Cratin. 292, cf. Eup. l.c., Pherecr. 145.15, Ar. Fr. 490, Men. 3. IV. aor. διέφθειρα intr., became corrupt, LXXJd. 2.19.
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