περκάζω

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ξένῳ δὲ σιγᾶν κρεῖττον ἢ κεκραγέναι → it's better for a stranger to keep silence than to shout (Menander)

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Transliteration A: perkázō Transliteration B: perkazō Transliteration C: perkazo Beta Code: perka/zw

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(πέρκος

   A = περκνός) become dark, turn dark, of grapes beginning to ripen, ὀπώρα ἄκραισι περκάζουσα οἰνάνθαις Chaerem. 12.2 ; ὅταν ἄρτι π. σταφυλή Thphr.HP9.11.7, cf. Hymn.Is.168, LXX Am.9.13 ; ὅταν ἄρχωνται π. οἱ βότρυες Thphr.CP3.16.3, etc. ; of olives, Gp.9.19.2 ; of flowers, Porph.VP44.    2 metaph., of young men, whose beard begins to darken their faces, Call.Lav.Pall. 76.    II Act., make dark-coloured, Dsc.5.2.