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φθορά

φθορά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • φθορή (phthorḗ) Ionic

Noun

φθορᾱ́ (phthorā́) f (genitive φθορᾶς); first declension

  1. destruction, ruin
    1. (of persons) death (especially by some divine act, as pestilence)
    2. (of animals) loss by death
      • PStrassb. 24.26
  2. (philosophy) passing out of existence, ceasing to be
  3. deterioration
    • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, On the Causes of Plants 5.8.2
    1. loss by deterioration, damage
  4. seduction
    1. rape
  5. abortion, miscarriage
    • 50 CE – 150 CE, Soranus, Collected Works 1.56
    • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 17.800
  6. gradation of colors in painting
  7. wasting away
  8. the tossings of a storm, shipwrecks

Declension

Synonyms

  • (wasting away): φθόη (phthóē)

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