φθι?νω, φθι?ω , fut. φθι?σω, aor. 3 pl. φθῖσαν, inf. φθῖσαι, mid.
fut. φθι?σομαι, aor. 2 ἔφθιτο, subj. φθίεται,
φθιόμεσθα, opt. φθι?μην,
φθῖτ(ο), inf. φθίσθαι, part. φθίμενος, pass. perf. ἔφθιται, plup. ἐφθίμην, 3
pl. ἐφθίαθ̓, aor. 3 pl. ἔφθιθεν: trans., fut. and aor. act.,
consume, destroy, kill, Il.
16.461, Od. 20.67, Od. 16.428; intrans. and mid.,
waste or dwindle away, wane, perish,
die;
μηνῶν φθι_νόντων (as the months
‘waned’), φθίμενος,
‘deceased,’ Od.
11.558.