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