διαφθορά

diaphthora

destruction, ruin

Appears 11 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Republic 2
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Book VI 2
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491a6
495a10
Gorgias 1
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484c7
Laws 1
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Book VII 1
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792c3
Menexenus 1
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242d4
Meno 1
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91c4
Philebus 1
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46c6
Sophist 1
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228a8
Statesman 1
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273d3
Theages 1
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129d1
Timaeus 1
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43e1

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.

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