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καταφθορά

kataphthora · ἡ

destruction, death, ruin

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Where it lives

Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Esther 1 · 1.81/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Daniel (LXX) 1 · 0.95/10k
Machabaeorum I 1 · 0.57/10k
Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
Paralipomenon II 1 · 0.51/10k
Psalmi 1 · 0.29/10k

What it meant

καταφθορά · kataphthora — LSJ

destruction, death, ruin

destruction, death, ruin, λεύσιμοι καταφθοραί E. Ion 1237 (lyr.); κ. τῶν ἀνδρῶν, τῆς Ἑλλάδος, Plb. 1.49.4, 11.5.1; χώρας Id. 4.67.1, cf. 1.48.9; τῶν ἰδίων OGI 339.5 (Sestos, ii B.C.), cf. UPZ 110.126 (ii B.C.).

2 confusion, perturbation

metaph., confusion, perturbation, φρενῶν A. Ch. 211.

In the wild

καταφθορά · kataphthora Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 211
καταφθοραὶ · kataphthorai Euripides, Ion (DIORISIS sentence 785)
καταφθορὰ · kataphthora Septuaginta, Daniel (LXX) 4
καταφθορὰν · kataphthoran Septuaginta, Esther 4
καταφθορᾶς · kataphthoras Septuaginta, Machabaeorum I 15
καταφθορὰν · kataphthoran Septuaginta, Paralipomenon II 12

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Where it came from

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