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φθείρω Root !φθερ, .φθαρ fut mid in passive sense to ruin, waste, spoil, destroy, Lat. perdere, Od., Hdt., etc.:—Pass. to go to ruin, perish, Trag., etc. Pass., (.] φθείρεσθε (as a curse) may ye perish! ruin seize ye! Il.; φθείρου plague take thee! away with thee! Lat. abi in malam rem! Ar.; so, εἰ μὴ φθερεῖ if thou depart not . . , Eur.; c. gen., φθείρεσθε τῆσδε off from her! i. e. unhand her, let her go, Eur.; φθείρεσθαι πρός . . to run headlong to . . , Dem. to have suffered loss from shipwreck, Eur. of women, χερσοὺς φθαρῆναι to pine away in barrenness, Soph.

ShortDef

to ruin, waste, spoil, destroy

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φθείρω

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φθείρω

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φθειρω

IDX:

34632

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n34672

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