διαφθείρω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=fut. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> διαφθερῶ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>438</span>, etc., Ep. διαφθέρσω <span class="bibl">Il.13.625</span>: pf. διέφθαρκα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>226</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>30d</span>, etc.; also [[διέφθορα]] (v. infr. ''III''):— Pass., fut. διαφθᾰρήσομαι <span class="bibl">Th.4.37</span>; Ion. διαφθερέομαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.108</span>, <span class="bibl">9.42</span>: 3pl. plpf. διεφθάρατο <span class="bibl">Id.8.90</span>:—[[destroy utterly]], πόλιν <span class="bibl">Il.13.625</span>; ἔργα διαφθείρεσκε <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.36</span>; [[make away with]], [[kill]], τινά <span class="bibl">Id.9.88</span>, etc.; [[destroy]], [[ruin]], <b class="b3">ἥδ' ἡμέρα φύσει σε καὶ διαφθερεῖ</b> S.l.c.; τὴν τύχην Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1069; [[διαφθείρω χεῖρα]] = [[weaken]], [[slacken]] one's [[hand]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1055</span>; [[spoil]], [[break]], ὑγιῆ λίθον <span class="title">IG</span>7.3073.33 (Lebad., ii B.C.); τὰ θυρώματα διεφθάρθαι <span class="title">IG</span>22.1046.11; [[διαφθείρω τὴν συνουσίαν]] = [[break up]] the [[party]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span> 338d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in moral sense, [[corrupt]], [[ruin]], γνώμην <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>932</span>; <b class="b3">διαφθείρω τοὺς νέους, διαφθείρω τοὺς νεωτέρους</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>30b</span>, <span class="bibl">25a</span>; νεανίσκον συνὼν δ. <span class="bibl">Eup. 337</span>; esp. [[corrupt by bribes]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.51</span>; ἀργυρίῳ δ. τινά <span class="bibl">Lys.28.9</span>; διαφθειρομένων ἐπὶ χρήμασι <span class="bibl">D.18.45</span>; διαφθείρω [[γυναῖκα]] = [[seduce]] a [[woman]], <span class="bibl">Lys.1.16</span>, etc., cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>318</span> (Pass.); <b class="b3">διαφθείρω τοὺς νόμους</b> [[falsify]], [[counterfeit]] the laws, <span class="bibl">Isoc.18.11</span>; γραμματεῖον <span class="bibl">Id.17.33</span> (Pass., ib.24); τὰ φεφ αδηκότα <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).334.37 (Locr., V. B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">οὐδὲν διαφθείρας τοῦ χρώματος</b> = having changed nothing of his colour, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>117b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> of a [[woman]], to [[lose]] by [[miscarriage]] or [[lose]] by [[premature]] [[birth]], [[ἔμβρυα]], [[βρέφος]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>5.53</span>, Plu.2.242c: abs., [[miscarry]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>7.73</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.8.36</span>:—Pass., τῶν διαφθαρεισῶν τὰ ἔμβρυα <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.72</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[lose]], [[forget]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>389</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> = [[διάγω]], dub. in <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>280</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., to [[be destroyed]], <b class="b3">δ. ἐπὶ τοῖς ἱματίοις</b> to [[be murdered]] for the clothes he wore, <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.2.5</span>; of animals, freq. in Pap., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>74.14</span> (ii A.D.), etc.; esp. to [[be crippled]], [[be disabled]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.34</span>; of ships, ib.<span class="bibl">166</span>, <span class="bibl">And.1.142</span>; to [[be spoilt]], γάλα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1109.11</span> (i B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl">Th.7.84</span>; to [[be corrupted]], [[αἷμα]] Gal.15.297, al.; τὴν ἀκοὴν [[διεφθαρμένος]] [[deaf]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.38</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ σκέλεα διεφθάρησαν</b> had their legs broken, <span class="bibl">Id.8.28</span>; διέφθαρμαι δέμας τὸ πᾶν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1056</span>; τὰ ὄμματα δ. [[blinded]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>517a</span>; σὰς φρένας <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1192</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ φρενῶν διαφθαρέν</b> = [[φρενοβλάβεια]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Or.</span>297</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.1.8</span>: abs., [[διεφθαρμένος]] [[decomposed]], of a corpse, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 614b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> pf. [[διέφθορα]] intr., to [[have lost one's wits]], διέφθορας <span class="bibl">Il. 15.128</span>; also in Hp., [[διεφθορὸς αἷμα]] = [[corrupted]] [[blood]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mul.</span>2.134</span>; freq. in later Prose, γάλα δ. ἤδη <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>5.5.4</span>; τὰ δ. σώματα Plu.2.87c, cf. 128e, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Sol.</span>3</span>, etc.; but, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in Trag. and Com. always trans. (cf. <span class="bibl">Ammon.42</span>, <span class="bibl">Moer.127</span>), τὰς… ἐλπίδας διέφθορεν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>306</span>; τὰς φρένας διέφθορε… μοναρχία <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1014</span>; τὸν λόγον διαφθείρω <span class="bibl">Cratin. 292</span>, cf. Eup. [[l.c.]], <span class="bibl">Pherecr.145.15</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>490</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> aor. [[διέφθειρα]] intr., became [[corrupt]], <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Jd.</span>2.19</span>.</span>