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|Definition=Ion. [[φθορή]], ἡ, ([[φθείρω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[destruction]], [[ruin]], Hdt.2.161, 7.18, Hp.''Vict.''1.5, A.''Ag.''406 (lyr.), etc.; of persons, [[death]], esp. by some general visitation, as pestilence, Th.2.47, Pl.''Lg.''677a (pl.), ''GDI'' 5104c11 (Crete, pl.); ἀνδροθνῆτας Ἰλίου φθοράς A.''Ag.''814.<br><span class="bld">b</span> of animals, [[loss by death]], PStrassb.24.26,31 (ii A. D.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> Philos., [[passing out of existence]], [[ceasing to be]], γενομένῳ παντὶ φθορὰ ἐστι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 546a; περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς Id.''Phd.''95e, title of work by Arist., cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Philebus|Phlb.]]'' 55a, Arist.''Ph.''229b13, Gal.6.6; <b class="b3">ἡ φθορὰ μεταβολή τίς ἐστι</b> τῶν φθειρομένων εἰς τοὐναντίον ἑκάστῳ Plu.2.948f: pl., [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 96b, ''R.''490e, al.: with dat. (instrumental), ἡ μεγίστη φθορὰ ὕδασιν Id.''Ti.''23c, cf. 22d.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[deterioration]], <b class="b3">εἰς καρπογονίαν</b> in respect of.. [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 5.8.2.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[loss by deterioration]], ἐκφορίου.. ἀνυπολόγου πάο ης φθορᾶς ''PTeb.''105.3,18 (ii B. C.); [[damage]], ἐκτεῖσαι τὴν γεγονυῖαν ὑπ' αὐτῶν τοῦ χόρτου.. φθορὰ ''BGU''1824.29 (i B. C.); misspelt [[φθαρά]] ib.1866.3 (i B. C.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[seduction]], [[ἐλευθέρων]] Lexap. Aeschin.1.12; [[παρθένων]], [[γυναικῶν]], Plu.2.712c (pl.), Vett.Val.2.37 (pl.), cf. Parth.35.3, D.H.2.25; [[rape]], Str.6.1.6.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[abortion]] or [[miscarriage]], IG22.1365.22, 1366.7, Sor.1.56, Gal.17(1).800; τοῦ ἐμβρύου Sor.1.59.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[gradation of colours]] in painting, Plu.2.346a; <b class="b3">τὰς μίξεις τῶν χρωμάτων οἱ ζωγράφοι φθορὰς ὀνομάζουσι</b> ib.725c, cf. 393c.<br><span class="bld">7</span> = [[φθόη]] ([[consumption]]), Hp.''Aph.''7.80.<br><span class="bld">8</span> [[storm-tossing]]s or [[shipwreck]]s, τί τοι λέγοιμ' ἂν τὰς ἐν Αἰγαίῳ φθοράς; E.''Hel.''766; cf. [[φθείρω]] II.4.