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[[waste away]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μαραίνεσθαι]], [[φθίνειν]] ([[Plato]]), [[verse|V.]] [[ἀποφθίνειν]], [[καταφθίνειν]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἀπομαραίνεσθαι]] ([[Plato]]); see [[pine]].

[[rot]], [[fall to pieces]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τήκεσθαι]] ([[Plato]]), [[σήπεσθαι]], [[ἀπορρεῖν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[κατασήπεσθαι]].

Met., [[pass away]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[διαρρεῖν]], [[ἀπορρεῖν]], [[verse|V.]] [[φθίνειν]].

===substantive===

As opposed to [[growth]]: [[prose|P.]] [[φθορά]], ἡ, [[φθίσις]], ἡ.

[[dankness]], [[mould]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εὐρώς]], ὁ.

[[rottenness]]: [[prose|P.]] [[σηπεδών]], ἡ.

[[rust]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἰός]], ὁ.

Met., [[ruin]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[διαφθορά]], ἡ, [[ὄλεθρος]], ὁ.
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