make useless, corrupt
make useless, Horap. 1.50; corrupt, τὴν Ἑλλάδα φωνήν Eust. 367.40.
The corpus record
ἀχρησ-τόω
achrestoo
make useless
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.