slur over
From LSJ
Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
gloss over, palliate: P. and V. καλλύνειν (acc.) (Plato).
call by specious names: Ar. and P. ὑποκορίζεσθαι (acc.).
pass over in silence: P. and V. σιγᾶν (acc.), σιωπᾶν (acc.), V. διασιωπᾶν (acc.).