ἀποφθείρω
ἀποφθείρω
to destroy utterly, ruin, Aesch., Eur.
Pass., with fut. mid., to be lost, perish, Eur., Thuc.: esp. as interrog. used in an imperat. sense, οὐ γῆς τῆσδʼ ἀποφθαρήσεται; i. e. let him begone with a plague to him, Eur.; so, οὐκ εἰς κόρακας ἀποφθερεῖ; Lat. pasce corvos, Ar.