Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, φθίω

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I.to decay, wane, dwindle, of Time, πρίν κεν νὺξ φθῖτο (aor2 pass. opt.) first would the night be come to an end, Od.; so, τῆς νῦν φθιμένης νυκτός Soph.; φθίνουσιν νύκτες τε καὶ ἤματα they wane or pass away, Od.; μηδέ σοι αἰὼν φθινέτω let not thy life be wasted, id=Od.:— so, in the monthly reckoning, μηνῶν φθινόντων in the moon's wane, i. e. towards the month's end, id=Od.:— μὴν φθίνων the ending of the month, v. ἵστημι B. III. 3.

2.of the stars, to decline, set, Aesch.

3.of men, to waste away, pine, perish, Hom., Eur.;—of things, to fade away, disappear, Soph.:—so in Pass., αὐτὸς φθίεται Il.; ἤδη φθίσονται Hom.:—often in part. φθίμενος, slain, dead, id=Il.; φθίμενοι the dead, φθιμένοισι μετείην Od., Trag.

II.Causal, in fut. φθίσω [ι_], aor1 ἔφθι_σα, to make to decay or pine away, to consume, destroy, Hom.; once in Aesch. φθίσας [ι].

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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