perish
From LSJ
κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
be destroyed: διαφθείρεσθαι, φθείρεσθαι, ἀπόλλυσθαι, ἐξόλλυσθαι, διόλλυσθαι, φθίνειν (Plato), οἴχεσθαι (rare P.), ἀναλίσκεσθαι, ἐξαναλίσκεσθαι, V. ἀποφθίνειν, καταφθίνειν.
die: Ar. and P. ἀποθνήσκειν, P. and V. τελευτᾶν, ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι (with or without βίου), ἐκλείπω βίον, ἐκλείπειν βίον (βίον sometimes omitted in P.), V. θνήσκειν (rarely Ar.), κατθανεῖν (2nd aor. καταθνήσκειν) (rarely Ar.); see die.
