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παρα-φθείρω

paraphtheiro

destroy, corrupt, spoil

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What it meant

παρα-φθείρω · para-phtheirō — LSJ

destroy, corrupt, spoil

destroy, corrupt, spoil, τὴν ἀρχαίαν μουσικήν Artemo 11 ; τὸν λόγον A.D. Synt. 82.20 ; τὴν ἀγορὰν τῶν ὠνίων SIG 799.22 (Cyzicus, i A.D.).

2 debase

debase, νόμισμα, φιλοσοφίαν, Philostr. VA 2.29.

3 alter, corrupt

alter, corrupt, τὴν ἄρχουσαν (sc. συλλαβήν) St.Byz. s.v. Μέγαρα, cf. Eust. 1532.1.

4 lose, lose

lose, τὸ ε̄ A.D. Synt. 134.8 ; τὴν εὐθεῖαν lose its nominative force (of τύ), ib. 15.13.

II to be destroyed, spoilt, demented

Pass., with pf. παρέφθορα : aor. 2 παρεφθάρην :—to be destroyed or spoilt, οἱ παρεφθαρμένοι στάχυες Ph. 2.57 ; τῆς γῆς παρεφθορυίας Philostr. Her. 10.4 ; παρεφθορὸς ὕδωρ Id. Im. 2.5 ; παρεφθορὼς τὸ λογιστικόν demented, A.D. Synt. 292.4 ; of character, ὑπό τινος -εφθορέναι Philostr. VS 1.16.2.

2 to be lost, having lost

to be lost, αἱ φωναὶ παραφθαρεῖσαι A.D. Adv. 164.26 (but παραφθαρεὶς τὴν φωνήν having lost oneʼs voice, Plu. VOrat. 2.848b).

3 become obsolete, fall into desuetude

become obsolete, τὰ τῆς τοιαύτης χρήσεως παρεφθάρη A.D. Synt. 139.25 ; περὶ παρεφθορυίας λέξεως, title of work by Didymus, Ath. 9.368b ; fall into desuetude, νόμος ἄρτι παρεφθάρη Lyd. Mag. 2.15.

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