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ἀσβολαίνω

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Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.7

German (Pape)

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Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀσβολαίνω: μαυρίζω δι’ ἀσβόλης, (καπνιᾶς), Γλωσσ.· προσέτι ἀσβολάω, Πλουτ. Κίμ. 1.