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ἀσβολαίνω

From LSJ

Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

German (Pape)

[Seite 369] mit Ruß schwärzen, Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

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

Spanish (DGE)

tiznar, oscurecer, Gloss.2.74.