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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">dipping</b> of red-hot iron in water, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span> 651</span>: hence, <b class="b2">temper</b> or <b class="b2">edge</b> of a blade or tool <b class="b2">produced thereby</b>, τὴν β. ἀφιᾶσιν ὥσπερ ὁ σίδηρος εἰρήνην ἄγοντες <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1334a8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span> 32</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pyrrh.</span>24</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ σιδήρια τὴν β. ἀνίησι</b> lose <b class="b2">their edge</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>5.3.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">CP</span>1.22.6</span>; <b class="b3">χαλκοῦ βαφαί</b> prob. poet. for <b class="b3">σιδήρου β</b>. in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>612</span> (v. Sch. ad loc., but cf. [[βάψις]]): metaph., <b class="b2">temper</b>, τῆς ἀνδρείας οἷον β. τις ὁ θυμός ἐστι καὶ στόμωμα Plu.2.988d; of wine, ib.650b. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">dye</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.6.5</span>; πορφυρᾶ β. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>317</span> (metaph. of blood), cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 430a</span>; <b class="b3">κρόκου βαφάς</b> the saffron-<b class="b2">dyed robe</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>239</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">βαφαὶ ὕδρας</b> <b class="b2">the arrows dipped</b> in the hydra's blood, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>1188</span> (lyr.); χειλέων β. <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Ep.</span>22</span>: metaph., β. τυραννίδος Plu.2.779c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">enamelling</b>, <b class="b3">χαλκοῦ . . βαφῇ κυάνου στίλβοντος</b> ib.395b. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">gilding, silvering</b>, <b class="b3">αἱ δύο β</b>. Zos.Alch.p.168B., cf. p.208B. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">infection</b>, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CD</span>2.13</span>.</span>