φθινύθω

φθῐν-ύθω [ῠ],

• poet. for φθίνω, only pres. and impf.; Ep. impf. φθινύθεσκε Il. 1.491.
• • • 1 trans., waste, φθινύθουσιν ἔδοντες οἶκον ἐμόν Od. 1.250; οἶνον δὲ φ. 14.95; οἵ μευ φ. φίλον κῆρ cause it to pine away 10.485 (so perh. Il. 1.491); ἵνα μηκέτʼ ὀδυρομένη . . αἰῶνα φθινύθω waste my life, Od. 18.204; in later Ep., μαψίδιον φ. πόνον Opp. C. 4.186.
    • 2 intr., waste away, decay, perish, of men, λαοὶ μὲν φ. περὶ πτόλιν Il. 6.327, cf. 21.466, Od. 12.131; παυρότεροι . . φθίνυθον Il. 17.364; τούσδε ἔα φθινύθειν, as an imprecation, 2.346; also ἄχεϊ φ. παρειαί Od. 8.530, cf. 16.145.

φθινύθω, p. = φθίνω, nur praes. u. imperf.; trans., φίλον κῆρ Od. 10.485, οἶνον 14.95, οἶκον 1.250, αἰῶνα 18.204 ; sp.D., φθινύθει πόνον, operam perdit, Opp. Cyn. 4.186 ; – intr., Il. 2.346, 17.364, 21.466, Od. 12.131 ; παρειαί, χρώς, 8.530, 16.145.

φθινύθω

[φθινυ-, φθι-, φθίω.]

3 sing. pa. iterative φθινύθεσκε Il. 1.491.

(ἀπο-)

• • 1

    To cause to perish or to waste or pine away, destroy, consume : φίλον κῆρ Il. 1.491. Cf. Od. 10.485, Od. 18.204.

  • 2

    To bring to nothing, waste, consume : οἶκον ἐμόν Od. 1.250=Od. 16.127. Cf. Od. 14.95.

  • 3

    To perish, to waste or pine away : λαοὶ φθινύθουσιν Il. 6.327. Cf. Il. 2.346, Il. 17.364, Il. 21.466 : Od. 8.530, Od. 12.131, Od. 16.145.

φθινύθω , ipf. φθίνυθον, iter. φθινύθεσκε: waste away, perish, die; as a sort of imprecation, ‘to go to perdition,’ Il. 2.346; trans., waste, consume, οἶκον, οἶνον, κῆρ, ‘whose grief breaks my heart,’ Od. 10.485.

φθινύθω poetic for φθίνω, only in present and imperfect

• • • 1trans. to waste, consume, Od.; φθ. κῆρ cause it to pine away, Od.
    • 2intr. to waste or pine away, decay, of men, Hom.