- ἀποφθίνω
- ἀπο-φθίνω [ῐ],I intr. in [tense] pres., perish utterly, die away, A.Ag.857;
ἀποφθίνει τὰ χρηστά S.Ph.457
: also in [tense] pf.ἀπέφθῐκα Them.Or.28.341d
: but mostly,II causal, in [tense] fut. -φθίσω, [tense] aor. ἀπέφθισα [ῑ [dialect] Ep., [pron. full] ῐ Trag.]:—make to perish, waste away, destroy,ἄνδρας ἀποφθίσειε θάλασσα Hes.Op.666
; πρὸς γυναικὸς δ' ἀπέφθισεν βίον had his life taken by a woman's hand, A.Ag.1454 (lyr.);ἔμελλέ ο' Ἕκτωρ καὶ θανὼν ἀποφθίσαι S.Aj.1027
;τὸν βαλόντ' ἀποφθίσαι χρήζων Id.Tr.709
; of disease, cause death, be fatal, Hp.Aër.11.2 most freq. in [voice] Pass., = [voice] Act. intr., perish, die, esp. in [tense] aor. with [tense] plpf. form ἀπέφθιτο [ῐ] Od.15.268; imper.ἀποφθίσθω Il.8.429
; opt. ἀποφθίμην [ῑ] Od.10.51; [dialect] Ep. and Lyr. part. ἀποφθίμενος [ῐ] dead, Il.3.322, al., Ibyc.27, B.8.79 (not in Trag.): also in [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. [ per.] 3pl.ἀπέφθιθεν Od.5.110
, 133, 7.251 (v.l. ἀπέφθιθον).3 [voice] Med., [tense] aor. 1 -φθίσασθαι [ῑ] Q.S.14.545.
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