perish
From LSJ
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
v. intrans.
Be destroyed: διαφθείρεσθαι, φθείρεσθαι, ἀπόλλυσθαι, ἐξόλλυσθαι, διόλλυσθαι, φθίνειν (Plat.), οἴχεσθαι (rare P.), ἀναλίσκεσθαι, ἐξαναλίσκεσθαι, V. ἀποφθίνειν, καταφθίνειν. Die: Ar. and P. ἀποθνήσκειν, P. and V. τελευτᾶν, ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι (with or without βίου), ἐκλείπειν βίον (βίον sometimes omitted in P.), V. θνήσκειν (rarely Ar.), κατθανεῖν (2nd aor. καταθνήσκειν) (rarely Ar.); see die. Fade away, met.: P. and V. ἀπορρεῖν, διαρρεῖν.
