ἀπομαραίνω

English (LSJ)

   A cause to waste away, αἱ συλλήψεις ἀ. τὰ σώματα Sor. 1.30, cf. Chor.p.22 B.; τὴν ἀκμὴν τῶν αἰσθήσεων Callistr.Stat. 2; ἡδονὰς τὰς τὸ θυμοειδὲς -ούσας Philostr.VA7.4; obliterate from memory, Chor.Milt.19:—Pass., waste, wither away, die away, ἡ ῥητορικὴ ἐκείνη ἀ. Pl.Tht.177b; αἱ κατὰ τὸ σῶμα ἡδοναὶ ἀ. Id.R.328d; of a tranquil death, X.Ap.7, cf. Plu.Num.21; of comets, ἀπομαρανθέντες κατὰ μικρπὸν ἠφανίσθησαν Arist.Mete.343b16; of wind, die down, ib.367b11; ἡ φύσις ἀ. Ocell.1.12, etc.