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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From διαφθείρω (diaphtheírō, “to destroy”) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.apʰ.tʰo.rǎː/ → /ði.aɸ.θoˈra/ → /ði.af.θoˈra/
Noun
δῐᾰφθορᾱ́ • (diaphthorā́) f (genitive δῐᾰφθορᾶς); first declension
- destruction
Declension
Descendants
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, 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)
- corruption, vice
Declension
See also
Further reading
- διαφθορά - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.