backbite
From LSJ
οὐ γὰρ εἰς περιουσίαν ἐπράττετ' αὐτοῖς τὰ τῆς πόλεως → for selfish greed had no place in their statesmanship
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. διαβάλλω, διαβάλλειν, P. βασκαίνειν, Ar. and P. συκοφαντεῖν, V. κερτομεῖν.