Φθίσθαι

to waste away

Translated by Catharine Roth24 Nov 2010Vetting: high2 revisions

3 words

[Meaning] to perish.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φθίσθαι· φθαρῆναι.

Betacode

*fqi/sqai: fqarh=nai.

Notes

Aorist middle infinitive of fqi/nw, extracted here from Homer, Iliad 9.246; cf. the scholia there.
For this verb, see also phi 485, phi 490, phi 492, phi 493, phi 502.

Linked from3 entries

φ485Φθεῖσθαιto waste away[Meaning] to be utterly destroyed.
φ493Φθίνειwastes away[Meaning he/she/it] perishes, ceases. Also [sc. attested is the participle] fqino/menoi ["they perishing"].
φ502Φθίσονταιthey will waste away[Meaning] they will be destroyed.

Neighbouring entries

φ498Φθισήμβροτοςmortal-destroying φ499Φθισήνοροςof a man-destroying φ500Φθίσθαιto waste away φ501Φθίσιςconsumption, tuberculosis φ502Φθίσονταιthey will waste away

Revision history2 revisions · last 12 Dec 2013

12 Dec 2013Revised — David Whitehead
25 Nov 2010expanded note — David Whitehead
24 Nov 2010Translated — Catharine Roth