blacken
From LSJ
ἀλεξίκακε τρισέληνε, μηδέποθ' ἡττηθείς, σήμερον ἐξετάθης → averter of woes, offspring of three nights, thou, who never didst suffer defeat, art to-day laid low
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.
