ἀποφθίνω

I. intr. in pres., perish utterly, die away, A. Ag. 857; ἀποφθίνει τὰ χρηστά S. Ph. 457: also in pf. ἀπέφθικα Them. Or. 28.341d: but mostly,

II. causal, in fut. ‐φθίσω, aor. ἀπέφθισα [ι Ep., ι Trag.]:—make to perish, waste away, destroy, ἄνδρας ἀποφθίσειε θάλασσα Hes. Op. 666; πρὸς γυναικὸς δ’ ἀπέφθισεν βίον had his life taken by a woman's hand, A. Ag. 1454 (lyr.); ἔμελλέ ο’ Ἕκτωρ καὶ θανὼν ἀποφθίσαι S. Aj. 1027; τὸν βαλόντ’ ἀποφθίσαι χρήζων Id. Tr. 709; of disease, cause death, be fatal, Hp. Aër. 11.

2. most freq. in Pass., = Act. intr., perish, die, esp. in aor. with plpf. form ἀπέφθιτο [ι] Od. 15.268; imper. ἀποφθίσθω Il. 8.429; opt. ἀποφθίμην [ι] Od. 10.51; Ep. and Lyr. part. ἀποφθίμενος [ι] dead, Il. 3.322, al., Ibyc. 27, B. 8.79 (not in Trag.): also in Ep. aor. 3 pl. ἀπέφθιθεν Od. 5.110, 133, 7.251 (v.l. ἀπέφθιθον).

3. Med., aor. 1 ‐φθίσασθαι [ι] Q.S. 14.545.