διαφθείρω
Infl. fut. -φθερῶ
Infl. epic -φθέρσω
Infl. perf. -έφθαρκα
Infl. and διέφθορα
Infl. Pass., fut. -φθα^ρήσομαι
Infl. ionic -φθερέομαι
Infl. ionic 3rd pl. plup. διεφθάρατο
I. "to destroy utterly", Il., Hdt., attic: "to make away with, kill, destroy, ruin", Soph., etc.; δ. χέρα "to weaken, slacken" one's hand, Eur.: "to disable" a ship, Hdt.:—absol. "to forget", Eur.
2. in moral sense, "to corrupt, ruin", Aesch., Plat., etc.:— esp. "to corrupt by bribes", Hdt., Dem.: "to seduce", Lys.
3. οὐδὲν διαφθείρας τοῦ χρώματος "having changed" nothing of his colour, Plat.
II. Pass. "to be destroyed, crippled, disabled", Hdt.; τὴν ἀκοὴν διεφθαρμένος "deaf", id=Hdt.: τὰ σκέλεα δ. "with their" legs broken, id=Hdt.; τὰ ὄμματα δ. blind, Plat.; τὰς φρένας Eur.; τὸ φρενῶν διαφθαρέν "loss" of one's mind, id=Eur.
III. perf. διέφθορα is intr. in Hom., "to have lost one's wits;—" but in attic trans., Soph., Eur.