περκάζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=([[πέρκος]] <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> = [[περκνός]]) [[become dark]], [[turn dark]], of grapes beginning to ripen, ὀπώρα ἄκραισι περκάζουσα οἰνάνθαις <span class="bibl">Chaerem. 12.2</span>; ὅταν ἄρτι π. σταφυλή <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.11.7</span>, cf. <span class="title">Hymn.Is.</span>168, <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Am.</span>9.13</span>; ὅταν ἄρχωνται π. οἱ βότρυες <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>3.16.3</span>, etc.; of olives, <span class="title">Gp.</span>9.19.2; of flowers, <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">VP</span>44</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., of young men, whose beard begins to [[darken]] their faces, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Lav.Pall.</span> 76</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Act., [[make dark-coloured]], Dsc.5.2.</span>