διαφθείρω,
future -φθερῶ[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 438, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+], Epic dialect -φθέρσω[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.625 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect διέφθαρκα [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 226, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 30d, etc.; also διέφθορα (see. below 111)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, future διαφθᾰρήσομαι [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.37 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect διαφθερέομαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.108, 9.42 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: 3rd.pers. plural pluperfect διεφθάρατο [[ [prev. author] 8.90 ] Refs]:—destroy utterly, πόλιν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.625; ἔργα διαφθείρεσκε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.36 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; make away with, kill, τινά [[ [prev. author] 9.88, etc.] Refs]; destroy, ruin, ἥδ᾽ ἡμέρα φύσει σε καὶ διαφθερεῖ S.[same place]; τὴν τύχην [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 1069 ] Refs]; δ. χεῖρα weaken, slacken one's hand, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1055 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; spoil, break, ὑγιῆ λίθον [[ “IG” 7.3073.33 (Lebad., 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τὰ θυρώματα διεφθάρθαι [[ “IG” 22.1046.11 ] Refs]; δ. τὴν συνουσίαν break up the party, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 338d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 in moral sense, corrupt, ruin, γνώμην [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 932 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; δ. τοὺς νέους, τοὺς νεωτέρους, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 30b, 25a; νεανίσκον συνὼν δ. 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 337 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially corrupt by bribes, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.51; ἀργυρίῳ δ. τινά 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 28.9; διαφθειρομένων ἐπὶ χρήμασι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.45 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. γυναῖκα seduce a woman, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.16, etc., compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 318 (_passive_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. τοὺς νόμους falsify, counterfeit them, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.11; γραμματεῖον [prev. author] 17.33 (_passive_, [prev. work]24)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ φεφ αδηκότα [[ “IG” 9(1).334.37 (_Locrian dialect_, 5th c.BC). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]