efface

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

blot out: P. and V. ἐξαλείφω, ἐξαλείφειν, ἀφανίζω, ἀφανίζειν, καθαιρεῖν.

remove from oneself: P. ἀποτρίβεσθαι, ἀπολύεσθαι.

undo: P. and V. λύω, λύειν.

I could not efface your sad plight from my mind: V. τὸ σὸν… πάθος οὐκ ἂν δυναίμην ἐξαλείψασθαι φρενός (Eur., Hecuba 589).