διαφθορά

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διαφθείρω (diaphtheírō, “to destroy”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.apʰ.tʰo.rǎː/ → /ði.aɸ.θoˈra/ → /ði.af.θoˈra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.apʰ.tʰo.rǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.apʰ.tʰoˈra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.aɸ.θoˈra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.af.θoˈra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.af.θoˈra/

Noun

δῐᾰφθορᾱ́ • (diaphthorā́) f (genitive δῐᾰφθορᾶς); first declension

1. destruction

Declension

First declension of ἡ δῐᾰφθορᾱ́; τῆς δῐᾰφθορᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐᾰφθορᾱ́ hē diaphthorā́	τὼ δῐᾰφθορᾱ́ tṑ diaphthorā́	αἱ δῐᾰφθοραί hai diaphthoraí
Genitive	τῆς δῐᾰφθορᾶς tês diaphthorâs	τοῖν δῐᾰφθοραῖν toîn diaphthoraîn	τῶν δῐᾰφθορῶν tôn diaphthorôn
Dative	τῇ δῐᾰφθορᾷ têi diaphthorâi	τοῖν δῐᾰφθοραῖν toîn diaphthoraîn	ταῖς δῐᾰφθοραῖς taîs diaphthoraîs
Accusative	τὴν δῐᾰφθορᾱ́ν tḕn diaphthorā́n	τὼ δῐᾰφθορᾱ́ tṑ diaphthorā́	τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰφθορᾱ́ς tā̀s diaphthorā́s
Vocative	δῐᾰφθορᾱ́ diaphthorā́	δῐᾰφθορᾱ́ diaphthorā́	δῐᾰφθοραί diaphthoraí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: διαφθορά (diafthorá)

Further reading

• “διαφθορά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διαφθορά”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• διαφθορά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διαφθορά in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • adulteration idem, page 13.
  • annihilation idem, page 30.
  • betrayal idem, page 77.
  • blight idem, page 83.
  • booty idem, page 89.
  • contamination idem, page 166.
  • corruption idem, page 176.
  • crash idem, page 182.
  • damage idem, page 193.
  • decay idem, page 199.
  • defacement idem, page 203.
  • demoralisation idem, page 210.
  • destruction idem, page 218.
  • devastation idem, page 220.
  • disfigurement idem, page 233.
  • doom idem, page 247.
  • downfall idem, page 249.
  • extermination idem, page 296.
  • extinction idem, page 297.
  • fall idem, page 303.
  • harm idem, page 386.
  • havoc idem, page 389.
  • hurt idem, page 411.
  • infection idem, page 437.
  • injury idem, page 441.
  • marring idem, page 515.
  • overthrow idem, page 586.
  • perdition idem, page 607.
  • prey idem, page 639.
  • ravage idem, page 673.
  • ruin idem, page 725.
  • seduction idem, page 748.
  • spoiling idem, page 804.
  • taint idem, page 852.
  • vitiation idem, page 955.
  • wreck idem, page 992.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διαφθορά (diaphthorá).

Noun

διαφθορά • (diafthorá) f (plural διαφθορές)

1. corruption, vice

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	διαφθορά (diafthorá)	διαφθορές (diafthorés)
genitive	διαφθοράς (diafthorás)	διαφθορών (diafthorón)
accusative	διαφθορά (diafthorá)	διαφθορές (diafthorés)
vocative	διαφθορά (diafthorá)	διαφθορές (diafthorés)

See also

• διαφορά f (diaforá, “difference”)

Further reading

• διαφθορά, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language