perish

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb intransitive

be destroyed: διαφθείρεσθαι, φθείρεσθαι, ἀπόλλυσθαι, ἐξόλλυσθαι, διόλλυσθαι, φθίνειν (Plato), οἴχεσθαι (rare P.), ἀναλίσκεσθαι, ἐξαναλίσκεσθαι, V. ἀποφθίνειν, καταφθίνειν.

die: Ar. and P. ἀποθνήσκειν, P. and V. τελευτᾶν, ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι (with or without βίου), ἐκλείπω βίον, ἐκλείπειν βίον (βίον sometimes omitted in P.), V. θνήσκειν (rarely Ar.), κατθανεῖν (2nd aor. καταθνήσκειν) (rarely Ar.); see die.

fade away, met.: P. and V. ἀπορρεῖν, διαρρεῖν.