Scaife ATLAS

διαφθείρω fut. -φθερῶ Epic -φθέρσω perf. -έφθαρκα and διέφθορα Pass., fut. -φθαρήσομαι Ionic -φθερέομαι Ionic 3rd pl. plup. διεφθάρατο to destroy utterly, Il., Hdt., Attic: to make away with, kill, destroy, ruin, Soph., etc.; δ. χέρα to weaken, slacken oneʼs hand, Eur.: to disable a ship, Hdt.:—absol. to forget, Eur. in moral sense, to corrupt, ruin, Aesch., Plat., etc.:— esp. to corrupt by bribes, Hdt., Dem.: to seduce, Lys. οὐδὲν διαφθείρας τοῦ χρώματος having changed nothing of his colour, Plat. Pass. to be destroyed, crippled, disabled, Hdt.; τὴν ἀκοὴν διεφθαρμένος deaf, Hdt.: τὰ σκέλεα δ. with their legs broken, Hdt.; τὰ ὄμματα δ. blind, Plat.; τὰς φρένας Eur.; τὸ φρενῶν διαφθαρέν loss of oneʼs mind, Eur. perf. διέφθορα is intr. in Hom., to have lost oneʼs wits;— but in Attic trans., Soph., Eur.

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to destroy, ruin; to corrupt

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διαφθείρω

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διαφθείρω

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διαφθειρω

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8216

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n8220

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