μωραίνω
τοῖς οἰκείοις συκοφαντίαν δέδωκεν → has given to his friends an opportunity for chicane, has offered to his friends the right of vindictive prosecution
English (LSJ)
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A ᾰνῶ E.Med.614: aor. ἐμώρᾱνα A.Pers.719 (troch.): —Pass., v. infr. 11: (μῶρος):—to be silly, foolish, drivel, E. l.c., X. Mem.1.1.11, Phld.Mus.p.103K., Luc.Nav.45, etc.; play the fool, Arist.EN1148b2: c. acc. cogn., πεῖραν μ. make a mad attempt, A. l.c.; οὐδεὶς . . ταῦτα μωραίνει indulges in these follies, E.Fr.282.22: euphem. of illicit love, γυναῖκα μωραίνουσαν Id.Andr.674. II causal, make foolish, convict of folly, ἡ βουλὴ αὐτῶν μωρανθήσεται LXX Is.19.11; ἐμωράνθην σφόδρα ib.2 Ki.24.10, cf. 1 Ep.Cor.1.20:—Pass., to become foolish, be stupefied, [αἶγες] ἑστᾶσιν ὥσπερ μεμωραμμέναι Arist. HA610b30 (sed cf. μωρόομαι); to become insipid, ἐὰν τὸ ἅλας μωρανθῇ Ev.Matt.5.13.
German (Pape)
[Seite 226] ein Thor sein, einfältig, dumm handeln od. reden; πεῖραν τήνδ' ἐμώρανεν, er machte einen thörichten, tollen Versuch, Aesch. Pers. 705; μωρανεῖς, Eur. Med. 614; häufiger in späterer Prosa, Luc. Mort. D. 2, 1. 13, 3; Plut.; auch im med., im N. T., wo es auch aktivisch gebraucht ist, unschmackhaft, fade machen; u. pass., ἐμωράνθην, Matth. 5, 13.
