διαφθείρειν
τὸν καπνὸν φεύγων εἰς τὸ πῦρ ἐνέπεσεν → out of the frying pan into the fire, from the frying pan into the fire
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also διαφθείρω): bribe, corrupt, debauch, destroy, impair, injure, maim, mar, outrage, ravish, ruin, seduce, spoil, sully, break seal, tamper with the currency
Lexicon Thucydideum
perdere, to destroy, lose, 2.69.2, 2.77.5, 3.89.2, 4.114.3, 5.93.1. 5.111.3, 6.6.2. 6.79.2. 8.47.1, 8.91.1,
item likewise 8.93.2 [ubi Vat. where Vatican manuscript φθείρειν].
interimere, occidere, to kill, 1.65.2, 1.105.7. 1.113.2. 1.128.1, 2.2.2, 2.67.4. 3.23.1, 3.32.2, 3.34.3. 3.36.4, 3.39.2. 3.47.3, 3.47.5. 3.49.4. 3.50.1. 3.58.1, 3.59.1, 3.66.2. 3.68.2. 3.74.2. 3.75.4. 3.81.3, 3.90.3. 3.94.1, 3.98.2. 3.112.5. 4.25.9, 4.32.1, 4.48.1. 4.48.14.48.3. 4.110.2. 4.116.1. 4.124.3. 4.127.1. 5.72.3, 5.75.4. 6.52.2, 6.74.1. 7.25.9, 7.30.3, 7.32.2, 7.44.8. 7.52.2. 7.53.1, 8.24.3. 8.50.5, 8.65.2.
frangere, pessumdare, to crush, destroy (navem ship), 1.29.4, 1.54.2, 1.100.1, 1.110.4, 1.117.1, 2.84.3. 2.90.5. 2.92.2. 2.92.5. 7.25.2, 7.31.1,
pervertere, corrumpere, diruere, to overthrow, corrupt, demolish, 1.74.2, 2.79.2, 6.100.1,
PASS. perdi, perire, interire, to be destroyed, perish, die, 1.25.2, 1.74.4. 2.4.4. 2.20.4, 2.49.6, [Ibid. vulgo iterum there commonly again διεφθείροντο pro for ἀπεφθ.] 2.50.1. 2.51.5. 2.51.6, 2.53.3. 2.60.3, 3.57.3, 3.74.2. 3.82.8, 3.83.4. 6.18.7, 6.37.2. 7.84.3, 8.73.4. 8.75.3. 8.91.2.
interimi, occidi, to be killed, 1.100.3, 1.114.1, 2.4.2. 2.5.3. 2.6.3. 2.81.6. 3.7.5, 3.13.1. 3.19.2. 3.49.1, 3.56.6. 3.67.3, 3.98.1. 3.98.4. 3.112.6. 3.112.7, 3.113.5. 4.33.1, 4.36.3. 4.37.1, 4.38.5. 4.40.2, 4.48.3. 4.48.5, 4.57.3, 4.80.4. 4.96.3. 4.102.2. 4.113.2, 4.130.6. 4.130.64.134.2. 5.10.10, 5.51.2. 5.56.4. 5.59.1. 5.73.4. 5.115.1. 6.100.3. 7.4.6, 7.30.2. 7.44.5. 8.25.3. 8.50.5,
profligari, to be routed, be defeated, 1.89.2. 3.108.1, 4.29.4.7.85.1, 7.87.5, 8.1.1,
frangi, pessumire, to be crushed, be ruined (de navibus concerning ships), 2.92.3. 7.23.4. 7.34.5. 7.41.3. 7.71.7. 8.34.1.
corrumpi, vitiari, to be corrupted, be spoiled, 7.84.5.
