destruction

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. διαφθορά. ἡ, φθορά, ἡ, ὄλεθρος, ὁ, κατασκαφή, ἡ, ἀνάστασις, ἡ, V. ἀποφθορά, ἡ, P. καθαίρεσις; see ruin.

utter destruction: P. ἐξώλεια, ἡ.

such things (injustice, perjury and deceit) are their own destruction: P. τὰ τοιαῦτα περὶ αὑτὰ καταρρεῖ (Dem., Olynthiac 2, 9-10).