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καλχαίνω

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διὰ τῆς σιωπῆς πικρότερον κατηγορεῖ → through silence you accuse yourself more harshly (Menander)

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Transliteration A: kalchaínō Transliteration B: kalchainō Transliteration C: kalchaino Beta Code: kalxai/nw

English (LSJ)

(κάλχη) prop.

   A make purple:—Pass., to be purple, Nic. Th.641.    II metaph. (cf. πορφύρω), make dark and troublous like a stormy sea, ponder deeply, κ. ἔπος S.Ant.20; ἀμφὶ τέκνοις E.Heracl. 40: c. inf., long, desire, Lyc.1457; cf. sq.

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