destruction
From LSJ
Ζωῆς πονηρᾶς θάνατος αἱρετώτερος → Satius mori quam calamitose vivere → Dem schlechten Leben vorzuziehen ist der Tod
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. 21).
