blot

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. κηλίς, ἡ.

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

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

verb transitive

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

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

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

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