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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span>fut. διαφθερῶ [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''438, etc., Ep. [[διαφθέρσω]] Il.13.625: pf. διέφθαρκα [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Medea|Med.]]'' 226, Pl.''Ap.''30d, etc.; also [[διέφθορα]] (v. infr. ''III''):—Pass., fut. διαφθᾰρήσομαι Th.4.37; Ion. [[διαφθερέομαι]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.108, 9.42: 3pl. plpf. διεφθάρατο Id.8.90:—[[destroy utterly]], πόλιν Il.13.625; ἔργα διαφθείρεσκε [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.36; [[make away with]], [[kill]], τινά Id.9.88, etc.; [[destroy]], [[ruin]], <b class="b3">ἥδ' ἡμέρα φύσει σε καὶ διαφθερεῖ</b> S.l.c.; τὴν τύχην Id.''Ph.''1069; [[διαφθείρω χεῖρα]] = [[weaken]], [[slacken]] one's [[hand]], [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Medea|Med.]]'' 1055; [[spoil]], [[break]], ὑγιῆ λίθον ''IG''7.3073.33 (Lebad., ii B.C.); τὰ [[θύρωμα|θυρώματα]] διεφθάρθαι ''IG''22.1046.11; [[διαφθείρω τὴν συνουσίαν]] = [[break up]] the [[party]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 338d.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in moral sense, [[corrupt]], [[ruin]], [[γνώμη]]ν [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''932; <b class="b3">διαφθείρω τοὺς νέους, διαφθείρω τοὺς νεωτέρους</b>, Pl.''Ap.''30b, 25a; [[νεανίσκος|νεανίσκον]] [[σύνειμι|συνὼν]] διέφθορεν = [[corrupt]]ed the [[young man]] by [[spend]]ing [[time]] with him, Eup. 337; esp. [[corrupt by bribes]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.51; ἀργυρίῳ δ. τινά Lys.28.9; διαφθειρομένων [[ἐπὶ χρήμασι]] D.18.45; [[διαφθείρω γυναῖκα]] = [[seduce]] a [[woman]], Lys.1.16, etc., cf. E.''Ba.''318 (Pass.); <b class="b3">διαφθείρω τοὺς νόμους</b> [[falsify]], [[counterfeit]] the [[law]]s, Isoc.18.11; [[γραμματεῖον]] Id.17.33 (Pass., ib.24); τὰ ϝεϝ αδηκότα ''IG''9(1).334.37 (Locr., V. B.C.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">οὐδὲν διαφθείρας τοῦ χρώματος</b> = having [[change]]d nothing of his [[colour]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]''117b.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of a [[woman]], to [[lose]] by [[miscarriage]] or [[lose]] by [[premature]] [[birth]], [[ἔμβρυα]], [[βρέφος]], Hp.''Aph.''5.53, Plu.2.242c: abs., [[miscarry]], Hp.''Epid.''7.73, Is.8.36:—Pass., τῶν διαφθαρεισῶν τὰ ἔμβρυα Hp.''Mul.''1.72.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[lose]], [[forget]], E.''Hipp.''389.<br><span class="bld">6</span> = [[διάγω]], dub. in Id.''Fr.''280.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., to [[be destroyed]], <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοῖς ἱματίοις διαφθαρῆναι</b> to [[be murdered]] for the clothes he wore, Antipho 2.2.5; of animals, freq. in Pap., ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''74.14 (ii A.D.), etc.; esp. to [[be crippled]], [[be disabled]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.34; of ships, ib.166, And.1.142; to [[be spoilt]], [[γάλα]] ''BGU''1109.11 (i B.C.), cf. Th.7.84; to [[be corrupted]], [[αἷμα]] Gal.15.297, al.; [[τὴν ἀκοὴν διεφθαρμένος]] = [[deaf]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.38; <b class="b3">τὰ σκέλεα διεφθάρησαν</b> had their legs broken, Id.8.28; διέφθαρμαι [[δέμας]] τὸ πᾶν S.''Tr.''1056; τὰ ὄμματα δ. [[blinded]], Pl.''R.''517a; σὰς φρένας E.''Hel.''1192; [[τὸ φρενῶν διαφθαρέν]] = [[φρενοβλάβεια]], [[damage of the understanding]], [[madness]], [[folly]], Id.''Or.''297, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.1.8: abs., [[διεφθαρμένος]] = [[decomposed]], of a [[corpse]], Pl.''R.'' 614b.<br><span class="bld">III</span> pf. [[διέφθορα]] intr., to [[have lost one's wits]], διέφθορας Il. 15.128; also in Hp., [[διεφθορὸς αἷμα]] = [[corrupted blood]], ''Mul.''2.134; freq. in later Prose, γάλα δ. ἤδη J.''AJ''5.5.4; τὰ δ. σώματα Plu.2.87c, cf. 128e, Luc.''Sol.''3, etc.; but,<br><span class="bld">2</span> in Trag. and Com. always trans. (cf. Ammon.42, Moer.127), τὰς… ἐλπίδας διέφθορεν S.''El.''306; τὰς φρένας διέφθορε… μοναρχία E.''Hipp.''1014; τὸν λόγον διαφθείρω Cratin. 292, cf. Eup. [[l.c.]], Pherecr.145.15, Ar.''Fr.''490, Men.3.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> aor. διέφθειρα intr., became [[corrupt]], [[LXX]] ''Jd.''2.19.