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διαφθορά

Etym. from διαφθείρω

Gram. n diafqor h_hs,fem

I. "destruction, ruin, blight, death." Hdt., attic

2. in moral sense, "corruption", τῶν νέων Xen.

II. in pass. sense, ἰχθύσιν διαφθ. "a prey" for fishes, Soph.; πολεμίοις δ. Eur.