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διαφθορ-ά

diaphthora · ἡ

destruction, ruin

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 36 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

διαφθορ-ά · diaphthor-a — LSJ

destruction, ruin

destruction, ruin, ἐπὶ -φθορᾷ τῆς πόλεως Th. 8.86; ἀπέστειλε ἐπὶ διαφθορῇ Hdt. 4.164; μέχρι διαφθορᾶς Pl. Mx. 242d: pl., S. OT 573, etc.

2 destruction, blight

destruction, blight, of things, ὀμμάτων διαφθοραί Id. OC 552; διαφθορὰ μορφῆς A. Pr. 643.

3 corruption, seduction

in moral sense, corruption, seduction, νέων X. Ap. 19; κριτῶν Arist. Rh. 1372a34 (pl.).

4 miscarriage, abortion

miscarriage, abortion, Hp. Mul. 1.3, Coac. 505, Mélanges Holleaux 265 (ii/i B. C.).

5 disorder

stomachic disorder, Aret. CA 1.5.

II a prey

concrete, ἰχθύσιν δ. a prey for fishes, of a corpse, S. Aj. 1297; πολεμίοις ὕβρισμα καὶ δ. E. HF 459.

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