φθόρος

English (LSJ)

(on the accent v. Hdn.Gr.1.191), ὁ,

   A = φθορά, Thgn.833, Th.2.52, Pl.Euthd.285b, Arist.Pr.879b26; πολὺς ἐγένετο φ. τῶν πολεμίων Plb.3.51.3: mostly in phrases, ἴτ' ἐς φθόρον = φθείρεσθε (v. φθείρω 11.1), A.Ag.1267; οὐκ ἐς φθόρον . . ; Id.Th.252; ἄπαγ' ἐς τὸν φθόρον [Epich.] ap.Ath.2.63d.    II like ὄλεθρος, pestilent fellow, Ar.Eq.1151, D.13.24; of a woman, Ar.Th.535; φθόρος ἀργυρίω Theoc.15.18.