Verfall
ὥσπερ γὰρ ζώου τῶν ὄψεων ἀφαιρεθεισῶν ἀχρειοῦται τὸ ὅλον, οὕτως ἐξ ἱστορίας ἀναιρεθείσης τῆς ἀληθείας τὸ καταλειπόμενον αὐτῆς ἀνωφελὲς γίνεται διήγημα → for just as a living creature which has lost its eyesight is wholly incapacitated, so if history is stripped of her truth all that is left is but an idle tale | for, just as closed eyes make the rest of an animal useless, what is left from a history blind to the truth is just a pointless tale
German > Latin
Verfall, ruina (eig., z.B. aedificii, u. bildl., z.B. rei publicae). – gänzlicher V., interitus (bildl., Untergang): V. der Beredsamkeit, corrupta eloquentia: V. der Sitten, demutatio morum; mores corrupti. – in V. kommen, geraten s. verfallen no. I: mit reißender Schnelligkeit seinem V. entgegeneilen, praecipitem ire coepisse (z.B. von den Sitten): in V. bringen, subvertere; evertere.
