A.destroyer, dub. l. in Plu.2.828f, cf. Sch.A.Th.175, etc.; scavenger, PLond.2.387.9 (iii A. D.):—fem. ἀφα^ν-ίστρια , Sch.Opp.H.2.487:—hence ἀφα^ν-ιστικός , ή, όν, causing to disappear, “τινός” A.D.Pron.33.15; “τριχῶν” Archig. ap. Aët.6.63, cf. Crito ap.Gal.12.447; destroying, Sch.A.Th.145. Adv. -κῶς Sch.Il.21.220, al.
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