φθείρω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- φθέρρω (phthérrhō) — Aeolic
- φθήρω (phthḗrō) — Arcadocypriot
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰtʰéřřō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰér-ye-ti, from *dʰgʷʰer- (“flow, diverge; perish”) via the middle form φθείρομαι (phtheíromai, “to be destroyed, perish”) with new active meaning “destroy”. Cognate to Sanskrit क्षरति (kṣárati, “flows, diverges; disappears”), Avestan 𐬖𐬲𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (γžaraiti, “flows, streams”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰtʰěː.rɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰtʰi.ro/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸθi.ro/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfθi.ro/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfθi.ro/
Verb
[edit]φθείρω • (phtheírō)
Usage notes
[edit]The compound verb διαφθείρω (diaphtheírō) is much more frequent than the simple verb.
Conjugation
[edit] Present: φθείρω, φθείρομαι
Imperfect: ἔφθειρον, ἐφθειρόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔφθειρον | ἔφθειρες | ἔφθειρε(ν) | ἐφθείρετον | ἐφθειρέτην | ἐφθείρομεν | ἐφθείρετε | ἔφθειρον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐφθειρόμην | ἐφθείρου | ἐφθείρετο | ἐφθείρεσθον | ἐφθειρέσθην | ἐφθειρόμεθᾰ | ἐφθείρεσθε | ἐφθείροντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | φθείρεσκον | φθείρεσκες | φθείρεσκε(ν) | φθειρέσκετον | φθειρεσκέτην | φθειρέσκομεν | φθειρέσκετε | φθείρεσκον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | φθειρεσκόμην | φθειρέσκου | φθειρέσκετο | φθειρέσκεσθον | φθειρεσκέσθην | φθειρεσκόμεθᾰ | φθειρέσκεσθε | φθειρέσκοντο | ||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: ἔφθορᾰ
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔφθορᾰ | ἔφθορᾰς | ἔφθορε(ν) | ἐφθόρᾰτον | ἐφθόρᾰτον | ἐφθόρᾰμεν | ἐφθόρᾰτε | ἐφθόρᾱσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | ἐφθόρω | ἐφθόρῃς | ἐφθόρῃ | ἐφθόρητον | ἐφθόρητον | ἐφθόρωμεν | ἐφθόρητε | ἐφθόρωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | ἐφθόροιμῐ, ἐφθοροίην |
ἐφθόροις, ἐφθοροίης |
ἐφθόροι, ἐφθοροίη |
ἐφθόροιτον | ἐφθοροίτην | ἐφθόροιμεν | ἐφθόροιτε | ἐφθόροιεν | |||||
imperative | ἔφθορε | ἐφθορέτω | ἐφθόρετον | ἐφθορέτων | ἐφθόρετε | ἐφθορόντων | |||||||
active | |||||||||||||
infinitive | ἐφθορέναι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | ἐφθορώς | |||||||||||
f | ἐφθορυῖᾰ | ||||||||||||
n | ἐφθορός | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Pluperfect: ἐφθᾰ́ρκειν, ἐφθᾰ́ρμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐφθᾰ́ρκειν, ἐφθᾰ́ρκη |
ἐφθᾰ́ρκεις, ἐφθᾰ́ρκης |
ἐφθᾰ́ρκει(ν) | ἐφθᾰ́ρκετον | ἐφθᾰρκέτην | ἐφθᾰ́ρκεμεν | ἐφθᾰ́ρκετε | ἐφθᾰ́ρκεσᾰν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐφθᾰ́ρμην | ἔφθᾰρσο | ἔφθᾰρτο | ἔφθᾰρθον | ἐφθᾰ́ρθην | ἐφθᾰ́ρμεθᾰ | ἔφθᾰρθε | ἐφθᾰ́ρᾰτο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- φθαρτός (phthartós)
Further reading
[edit]- “φθείρω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φθείρω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “φθείρω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- φθείρω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- φθείρω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “φθείρω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G5351 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰgʷʰer-
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek verbs
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms