καταφθορά, ἡ,
destruction, death, ruin, λεύσιμοι καταφθοραί [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1237 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τῶν ἀνδρῶν, τῆς Ἑλλάδος, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.49.4, 11.5.1; χώρας [prev. author] 4.67.1, compare 1.48.9; τῶν ἰδίων “OGI” 339.5 (Sestos, 2nd c.BC),compare “UPZ” 110.126 (2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, confusion, perturbation, φρενῶν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 211. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]