The corpus record

ἀδιά-φθορος

adiaphthoros

not affected by decay

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Where it lives

Phaedrus 2 · 1.2/10k
Phaedo 2 · 0.92/10k
Politics 3 · 0.46/10k
Eudemian Ethics 1 · 0.38/10k
Laws 3 · 0.29/10k
Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k

What it meant

ἀδιά-φθορος · adia-phthoros — LSJ

not affected by decay, uncorrupted, chaste

not affected by decay, Antyll. ap. Orib. 46.22.3; uncorrupted, chaste, Pl. Phdr. 252d; απʼ ὀρθῆς. . καὶ ἀδιαφθόρου τῆς ψυχῆς D. 18.298, cf. Men. 984, D.S. 1.59, Plu. Lib.educ. 2.5e. Adv. -ρως, ἐρᾶσθαι Aeschin. 1.137.

2 incorruptible

of judges, incorruptible, Pl. Lg. 768b; of witnesses, Arist. Rh. 1376a17; of magistrates, Id. Pol. 1286a39 (Comp.), cf. IG 2.240b13. Sup. Adv. -ώτατα Pl. l.c.

II imperishable

imperishable, Pl. Phd. 106e.

In the wild

ἀδιαφθόρῳ · adiaphthorōi Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 7
ἀδιαφθορώτερον · adiaphthorōteron Aristotle, Politics 1286a (DIORISIS sentence 1309)
ἀδιαφθορώτερος · adiaphthorōteros Aristotle, Politics 1286a (DIORISIS sentence 1312)
ἀδιάφθορον · adiaphthoron Aristotle, Politics 1286a (DIORISIS sentence 1309)
ἀδιάφθοροι · adiaphthoroi Aristotle, Rhetoric 1
ἀδιάφθορον · adiaphthoron Plato, Laws 918

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