φθορ-ά, Ion.
φθορή,ἡ, (φθείρω)
A. destruction, ruin,
Hdt. 2.161 , 7.18 , Hp. Vict. 1.5 , A. Ag. 406 (lyr.), etc.; of persons,death,esp. by some general visitation, as pestilence, Th. 2.47 , Pl. Lg. 677a (pl.), GDI 5104c11 (Crete, pl.); ἀνδροθνῆτας Ἰλίου φθοράς
A. Ag. 814
.
b. of animals,loss by death,
PStrassb. 24.26 , 31
(ii A. D.).
2. Philos.,passing out of existence, ceasing to be,
γενομένῳ παντὶ φ. ἐστι
Pl. R. 546a
; περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς
Id. Phd. 95e
, title of work by Arist. , cf. Pl. Phlb. 55a , Arist. Ph. 229b13 , Gal. 6.6 ;ἡ φ. μεταβολή τίς ἐστι