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φθορά

Alt. φθορά, ionicφθορή, ἡ,

Etym. φθείρω

1. "destruction, ruin, perdition", Hdt., Trag., etc.; and of men, "mortality, death", esp. by pestilence, Thuc.

2. "the decay" of matter, Plat.

3. "the seduction", Lex ap. Aeschin.