διαφθείρω

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fut.

   A -φθερῶ S.OT438, etc., Ep. -φθέρσω Il.13.625: pf. διέφθαρκα E.Med.226, Pl.Ap.30d, etc.; also διέφθορα (v. infr. 111):— Pass., fut. διαφθᾰρήσομαι Th.4.37; Ion. διαφθερέομαι Hdt.8.108, 9.42: 3pl. plpf. διεφθάρατο Id.8.90:—destroy utterly, πόλιν Il.13.625; ἔργα διαφθείρεσκε Hdt.1.36; make away with, kill, τινά Id.9.88, etc.; destroy, ruin, ἥδ' ἡμέρα φύσει σε καὶ διαφθερεῖ S.l.c.; τὴν τύχην Id.Ph.1069; δ. χεῖρα weaken, slacken one's hand, E.Med.1055; spoil, break, ὑγιῆ λίθον IG7.3073.33 (Lebad., ii B.C.); τὰ θυρώματα διεφθάρθαι IG22.1046.11; δ. τὴν συνουσίαν break up the party, Pl.Prt. 338d.    2 in moral sense, corrupt, ruin, γνώμην A.Ag.932; δ. τοὺς νέους, τοὺς νεωτέρους, Pl.Ap.30b, 25a; νεανίσκον συνὼν δ. Eup. 337; esp. corrupt by bribes, Hdt.5.51; ἀργυρίῳ δ. τινά Lys.28.9; διαφθειρομένων ἐπὶ χρήμασι D.18.45; δ. γυναῖκα seduce a woman, Lys.1.16, etc., cf. E.Ba.318 (Pass.); δ. τοὺς νόμους falsify, counterfeit them, Isoc.18.11; γραμματεῖον Id.17.33 (Pass., ib.24); τὰ φεφ αδηκότα IG9(1).334.37 (Locr., V. B.C.).    3 οὐδὲν διαφθείρας τοῦ χρώματος having changed nothing of his colour, Pl.Phd.117b.    4 of a woman, to lose by miscarriage or premature birth, ἔμβρυα, βρέφος, Hp.Aph.5.53, Plu.2.242c: abs., miscarry, Hp.Epid.7.73, Is.8.36:—Pass., τῶν διαφθαρεισῶν τὰ ἔμβρυα Hp.Mul.1.72.    5 lose, forget, E.Hipp.389.    6 = διάγω, dub. in Id.Fr.280.    II Pass., to be destroyed, δ. ἐπὶ τοῖς ἱματίοις to be murdered for the clothes he wore, Antipho 2.2.5; of animals, freq. in Pap., POxy.74.14 (ii A.D.), etc.; esp. to be crippled, disabled, Hdt.1.34; of ships, ib.166, And.1.142; to be spoilt, γάλα BGU1109.11 (i B.C.), cf. Th.7.84; to be corrupted, αἷμα Gal.15.297, al.; τὴν ἀκοὴν διεφθαρμένος deaf, Hdt.1.38; τὰ σκέλεα διεφθάρησαν had their legs broken, Id.8.28; διέφθαρμαι δέμας τὸ πᾶν S.Tr.1056; τὰ ὄμματα δ. blinded, Pl.R.517a; σὰς φρένας E.Hel.1192; τὸ φρενῶν διαφθαρέν, = φρενοβλάβεια, Id.Or.297, cf. X.Cyr.4.1.8: abs., διεφθαρμένος decomposed, of a corpse, Pl.R. 614b.    III pf. διέφθορα intr., to have lost one's wits, διέφθορας Il. 15.128; also in Hp., διεφθορὸς αἷμα corrupted blood, Mul.2.134; freq. in later Prose, γάλα δ. ἤδη J.AJ5.5.4; τὰ δ. σώματα Plu.2.87c, cf. 128e, Luc.Sol.3, etc.; but,    2 in Trag. and Com. always trans. (cf. Ammon.42, Moer.127), τὰς . . ἐλπίδας διέφθορεν S.El.306; τὰς φρένας διέφθορε . . μοναρχία E.Hipp.1014; τὸν λόγον δ. Cratin. 292, cf. Eup. l.c., Pherecr.145.15, Ar.Fr.490, Men.3.    IV aor. διέφθειρα intr., became corrupt, LXXJd.2.19.