φθόρος

A. = φθορά, Thgn. 833, Th. 2.52, Pl. Euthd. 285b, Arist. Pr. 879b26; πολὺς ἐγένετο φ. τῶν πολεμίων Plb. 3.51.3: mostly in phrases, ἴτ’ ἐς φθόρον = φθείρεσθε (v. φθείρω 11.1), A. Ag. 1267; οὐκ ἐς φθόρον . . ; Id. Th. 252; ἄπαγ’ ἐς τὸν φθόρον [Epich.] ap.Ath. 2.63d.

II. like ὄλεθρος, pestilent fellow, Ar. Eq. 1151, D. 13.24; of a woman, Ar. Th. 535; φθόρος ἀργυρίω Theoc. 15.18.