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subs.

P. and V. κηλίς, ἡ.

Blemish: P. and V. κηλίς, ἡ, P. αἶσχος, τό, ἁμάρτημα, τό.

Disgrace: P. and V. αἰσχύνη, ἡ, ὄνειδος, τό.

v. trans.

Lit. or Met., P. and V. μιαίνειν, V. χραίνειν.

Disgrace: αἰσχύνειν, καταισχύνειν, V. κηλιδοῦν, P. καταρρυπαίνειν.

Blot out, exterminate: lit., P. and V. ἐξαλείφειν, Met., P. and V. ἀφανίζειν, ἐξαλείφειν, καθαιρεῖν; see destroy.

A wet sponge blots out the picture: V. ὑγρώσσων σπόγγος ὤλεσεν γραφήν (Aesch., Ag. 1329).