A.waste away, decay, Pi.I.8(7).51, Hdt. 2.123; κ. νόσῳ, γήρᾳ, S.Ph.266, E.Alc.622: in later Att. Prose, Thphr.HP9.16.5: aor. part. “καταφθινήσας” Plu.2.117c: pf. part. κατεφθινηκώς ib.621f, Arr.Epict.4.11.25: καταφθι?νουσι trans. is f.l. in Theoc.25.122.
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