φθορ-ά,
Ionic dialect φθορή, ἡ, (φθείρω) destruction, ruin, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.161, 7.18, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 1.5, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 406 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; of persons, death, especially by some general visitation, as pestilence, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.47, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 677a (_plural_), “GDI” 5104c11 (Crete, _plural_); ἀνδροθνῆτας Ἰλίου φθοράς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 814. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b of animals, loss by death, [[ PStrassb. 24.26,31 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 Philos., passing out of existence, ceasing to be, γενομένῳ παντὶ φ. ἐστι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 546a; περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς [prev. author] “Phd.” 95e, title of work by 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 55a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 229b13, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.6] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ φ. μεταβολή τίς ἐστι τῶν φθειρομένων εἰς τοὐναντίον ἑκάστῳ [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.948f: _plural_, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 96b, “R.” 490e, +others: with _dative_ (instrumental), ἡ μεγίστηφθορὰ ὕδασιν [prev. author] “Ti.” 23c, compare 22d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 deterioration, εἰς καρπογονίαν in respect of.. [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 5.8.2. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3.b loss by deterioration, ἐκφορίου.. ἀνυπολόγου πάο ης φθορᾶς [[ “PTeb.” 105.3, 18 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; damage, ἐκτεῖσαι τὴν γεγονυῖαν ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν τοῦ χόρτου.. φ. [[ “BGU” 1824.29 (1st c.BC); misspelt φθαρά [prev. work] 1866.3 (1st c.BC). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]