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|Definition=<span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Th.</span>61</span>, etc., fut. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> χρᾰνῶ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>366</span>: aor. ἔχρᾱνα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span> 170</span> (lyr.); subj. χράνῃ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>327</span>; inf. χρᾶναι <span class="bibl">Poll.7.129</span>, <span class="bibl">Porph. <span class="title">Chr.</span>49</span>:—<b class="b2">touch slightly</b>, <b class="b3">ὀλιγάκις ἄστυ κἀγορᾶς χραίνων κύκλον</b>, i.e. keeping aloof from it, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>919</span>; <b class="b3">χ. οὐραίοισιν εὐδίαν ἁλός</b>, of fishes, <span class="bibl">Achae.27.3</span>: hence, [[smear]], [[paint]], χ. ἢ ἀποχραίνειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 769a</span>, cf. Poll. l.c., <span class="bibl">Max.Tyr.40.2</span>: [[besmear]], [[anoint]], τινι <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span> 246</span>:—Pass., χραινομένην μέλιτι <span class="title">AP</span>7.622 (Antiphil.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[stain]], βωμὸν αἵματι μήλων <span class="bibl">B.10.111</span>; πεδία δ' ἀργηστὴς ἀφρὸς χραίνει σταλαγμοῖς <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>61</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>327</span>; [[defile]], μιάσματι μυχὸν ἔχρανας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eu.</span>170</span> (lyr.); esp. of moral pollution, λέχη δὲ τοῦ θανόντος ἐν χεροῖν ἐμαῖν χραίνω <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>822</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1266</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hec.</span>366</span>; ὄμμα χ. θανασίμοισιν ἐκπνοαῖς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1438</span>; οὔτε φόνῳ τοὺς τῶν θεῶν βωμοὺς χραίνειν δεῖ <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>2.28</span>; of words, <b class="b3">θεῶν ὀνόματα μὴ χ. ῥᾳδίως</b> <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>917b</span>:—Med., χεῖρα χραίνεσθαι φόνῳ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>43</span>:—Pass., αἱμάτων μιάσμασι χρανθεῖσα γαῖα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>266</span>; καπνῷ χραίνεται πόλισμα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>342</span>(lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>368</span>; τὰ ὄμματα μὴ κεχράνθαι τοῖς ἀσεβήμασι <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>7.205a</span>; ὄψιν τε καὶ ἀκοὴν ἐχράνθημεν <span class="bibl">Hld.10.9</span>.</span>