blacken
From LSJ
οὐ γὰρ αὐθάδης οὐδ' ἐπαχθής ὁ χρηστός, οὐδ' αὐθέκαστος ἐστιν ὁ σώφρων ἀνήρ → the man of value is not arrogant or insufferable, and the wise man is not a smug
οὐ γὰρ αὐθάδης οὐδ' ἐπαχθής ὁ χρηστός, οὐδ' αὐθέκαστος ἐστιν ὁ σώφρων ἀνήρ → the man of value is not arrogant or insufferable, and the wise man is not a smug
make dirty: V. αἰθαλοῦν; see soil.
Met.: Blacken the character, etc.: P. and V. διαβάλλω, διαβάλλειν.
