decay

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb intransitive

waste away: P. and V. μαραίνεσθαι, φθίνειν (Plato), V. ἀποφθίνειν, καταφθίνειν, P. ἀπομαραίνεσθαι (Plato); see pine.

rot, fall to pieces: P. and V. τήκεσθαι (Plato), σήπεσθαι, ἀπορρεῖν, Ar. and P. κατασήπεσθαι.

Met., pass away: P. and V. διαρρεῖν, ἀπορρεῖν, V. φθίνειν.

substantive

As opposed to growth: P. φθορά, ἡ, φθίσις, ἡ.

dankness, mould: P. and V. εὐρώς, ὁ.

rottenness: P. σηπεδών, ἡ.

rust: P. ἰός, ὁ.

Met., ruin: P. and V. διαφθορά, ἡ, ὄλεθρος, ὁ.