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οἰκοφθορ-έω

oikophthoreo

squander oneʼs substance

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Where it lives

Histories 4 · 0.22/10k
Laws 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

οἰκοφθορ-έω · oikophthor-eō — LSJ

squander oneʼs substance, lose oneʼs fortune, be ruined

squander oneʼs substance, Pl. Lg. 929d, 959c :—Pass., lose oneʼs fortune, be ruined, οἰκοφθορημένος Hdt. 5.29, cf. 8.142, 144 ; ἐκακώθησαν καὶ οἰκοφθορήθησαν Id. 1.196.

In the wild

οἰκοφθορήθησαν · oikophthorēthēsan Herodotus, Histories 1.196.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1403)
οἰκοφθορημένους · oikophthorēmenous Herodotus, Histories 5.29.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5537)
οἰκοφθόρησθε · oikophthorēsthe Herodotus, Histories 8.142.3 (DIORISIS sentence 9291)
οἰκοφθορημένων · oikophthorēmenōn Herodotus, Histories 8.144.3 (DIORISIS sentence 9311)
οἰκοφθορῇ · oikophthorēi Plato, Laws 929
οἰκοφθορεῖν · oikophthorein Plato, Laws 959

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