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===verb intransitive=== | |||
[[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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Latest revision as of 11:23, 28 January 2024
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
waste away: P. and V. μαραίνεσθαι, φθίνειν (Plato), V. ἀποφθίνειν, καταφθίνειν, P. ἀπομαραίνεσθαι (Plato); see pine.
rot, fall to pieces: P. and V. τήκεσθαι (Plato), σήπεσθαι, ἀπορρεῖν, Ar. and P. κατασήπεσθαι.
Met., pass away: P. and V. διαρρεῖν, ἀπορρεῖν, V. φθίνειν.
substantive
As opposed to growth: P. φθορά, ἡ, φθίσις, ἡ.
dankness, mould: P. and V. εὐρώς, ὁ.
rottenness: P. σηπεδών, ἡ.
