διαφθείρειν
τοῦ εἰδέναι χάριν ἡ πραγματεία → knowledge is the object of our inquiry, the aim of our investigation is knowledge
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also διαφθείρω): bribe, corrupt, debauch, destroy, impair, injure, maim, mar, outrage, ravish, ruin, seduce, spoil, sully, break seal, tamper with the currency
Lexicon Thucydideum
perdere, to destroy, lose, 2.69.2, 2.77.5, 3.89.2, 4.114.3, 5.93.1. 5.111.3, 6.6.2. 6.79.2. 8.47.1, 8.91.1,
item likewise 8.93.2 [ubi Vat. where Vatican manuscript φθείρειν].
interimere, occidere, to kill, 1.65.2, 1.105.7. 1.113.2. 1.128.1, 2.2.2, 2.67.4. 3.23.1, 3.32.2, 3.34.3. 3.36.4, 3.39.2. 3.47.3, 3.47.5. 3.49.4. 3.50.1. 3.58.1, 3.59.1, 3.66.2. 3.68.2. 3.74.2. 3.75.4. 3.81.3, 3.90.3. 3.94.1, 3.98.2. 3.112.5. 4.25.9, 4.32.1, 4.48.1. 4.48.14.48.3. 4.110.2. 4.116.1. 4.124.3. 4.127.1. 5.72.3, 5.75.4. 6.52.2, 6.74.1. 7.25.9, 7.30.3, 7.32.2, 7.44.8. 7.52.2. 7.53.1, 8.24.3. 8.50.5, 8.65.2.
frangere, pessumdare, to crush, destroy (navem ship), 1.29.4, 1.54.2, 1.100.1, 1.110.4, 1.117.1, 2.84.3. 2.90.5. 2.92.2. 2.92.5. 7.25.2, 7.31.1,
pervertere, corrumpere, diruere, to overthrow, corrupt, demolish, 1.74.2, 2.79.2, 6.100.1,
PASS. perdi, perire, interire, to be destroyed, perish, die, 1.25.2, 1.74.4. 2.4.4. 2.20.4, 2.49.6, [Ibid. vulgo iterum there commonly again διεφθείροντο pro for ἀπεφθ.] 2.50.1. 2.51.5. 2.51.6, 2.53.3. 2.60.3, 3.57.3, 3.74.2. 3.82.8, 3.83.4. 6.18.7, 6.37.2. 7.84.3, 8.73.4. 8.75.3. 8.91.2.
interimi, occidi, to be killed, 1.100.3, 1.114.1, 2.4.2. 2.5.3. 2.6.3. 2.81.6. 3.7.5, 3.13.1. 3.19.2. 3.49.1, 3.56.6. 3.67.3, 3.98.1. 3.98.4. 3.112.6. 3.112.7, 3.113.5. 4.33.1, 4.36.3. 4.37.1, 4.38.5. 4.40.2, 4.48.3. 4.48.5, 4.57.3, 4.80.4. 4.96.3. 4.102.2. 4.113.2, 4.130.6. 4.130.64.134.2. 5.10.10, 5.51.2. 5.56.4. 5.59.1. 5.73.4. 5.115.1. 6.100.3. 7.4.6, 7.30.2. 7.44.5. 8.25.3. 8.50.5,
profligari, to be routed, be defeated, 1.89.2. 3.108.1, 4.29.4.7.85.1, 7.87.5, 8.1.1,
frangi, pessumire, to be crushed, be ruined (de navibus concerning ships), 2.92.3. 7.23.4. 7.34.5. 7.41.3. 7.71.7. 8.34.1.
corrumpi, vitiari, to be corrupted, be spoiled, 7.84.5.
