blacken
From LSJ
Ξίφος τιτρώσκει σῶμα, τὸν δὲ νοῦν λόγος → Ut corpus ensis, verba mentem sauciant → Das Schwert verletzt den Körper, doch den Sinn das Wort
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
v. trans.
Lit., P. and V. μελαίνειν.
Make dirty: V. αἰθαλοῦν; see soil.
Met.: Blacken the character, etc.: P. and V. διαβάλλειν.
