φθείρω
Etym. Root ΦΘΕΡ, ΦΘΑΡ
Etym. fut mid in passive sense
I. "to ruin, waste, spoil, destroy", Lat. perdere, Od., Hdt., etc.:—Pass. "to go to ruin, perish", Trag., etc.
II. Pass., (.] φθείρεσθε (as a curse) "may ye perish! ruin seize ye!" Il.; φθείρου "plague take thee! away with thee!" Lat. abi in malam rem! Ar.; so, εἰ μὴ φθερεῖ if "thou depart" not.., Eur.; c. gen., φθείρεσθε τῆσδε "off from" her! i. e. unhand her, let her go, id=Eur.; φθείρεσθαι πρός.. "to run headlong" to.., Dem.
2. "to have suffered loss from shipwreck", Eur.
3. of women, χερσοὺς φθαρῆναι "to pine away in" barrenness, Soph.