demoralise

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

corrupt: P. and V. διαφθείρω, διαφθείρειν, λυμαίνεσθαι (acc. or dat.); see corrupt.

become demoralised (of troops, etc.), play the coward: P. μαλακίζεσθαι, ἀποδειλιᾶν, P. and V. κακίζεσθαι; see degenerate.