The corpus record

καταφθείρω

kataphtheiro

destroy, bring to naught

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Where it lives

2 Timothy 1 · 8.34/10k
Persians 4 · 7.86/10k
Paralipomenon II 6 · 3.05/10k
Machabaeorum I 4 · 2.3/10k
Daniel (LXX) 2 · 1.9/10k
Machabaeorum II 2 · 1.73/10k
Genesis 5 · 1.66/10k
Isaias 4 · 1.52/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Leviticus 1 · 0.53/10k
Exodus 1 · 0.42/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

καταφθείρω · kataphtheirō — LSJ

destroy, bring to naught, in sorry plight

destroy, bring to naught, στρατόν, πόλιν, ἔθνη, A. Pers. 345, S. OT 331, Pl. Lg. 697d, cf. Democr. 159; ἔργα νομήων Theoc. 25.122; κατέφθαρται ὄλβος A. Pers. 251; ἐπεὶ δέ χʼ εἵκω οἴκαδις καταφθερείς in sorry plight, Epich. 35.13; -φθαρεὶς τὸν βίον Men. Epit. 429, cf. Raccolta Lumbroso 17 (iii B.C.); δένδρα -εφθαρμένα IG 9(2).1109.74 (Coropa, ii B.C.), cf. PMagd. 11.9 (iii B.C.), etc.

2 corrupt

corrupt, τινα Plu. l.c.

In the wild

κατέφθαρται · katephthartai Aeschylus, Persians 249–252
κατέφθειρε · katephtheire Aeschylus, Persians 345–346
κατέφθαρται · katephthartai Aeschylus, Persians 716
κατέφθαρται · katephthartai Aeschylus, Persians 729
καταφθεῖραι · kataphtheirai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.17 (DIORISIS sentence 2121)
καταφθείρεσθαι · kataphtheiresthai Epictetus, Discourses 2.9 (DIORISIS sentence 2323)

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Where it came from

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