πῶς δ' οὐκ ἀρίστη; τίς δ' ἐναντιώσεται; τί χρὴ γενέσθαι τὴν ὑπερβεβλημένην γυναῖκα; (Euripides' Alcestis 152-54) → How is she not noblest? Who will deny it? What must a woman have become to surpass her?
Ar. ἄσβολος, ἡ, ἀσβόλη, ἡ, αἰθάλη, V. ψόλος, ὁ (Aesch., Fragment).
blacken with soot, v.: V. αἰθαλοῦν.