blacken

From LSJ

Καλὸν τὸ καιροῦ παντὸς εἰδέναι μέτρον → Occasionis nosse res pulchra est modum → Schön ist's, das Maß zu kennen jeder rechten Zeit

Menander, Monostichoi, 273

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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verb transitive

Lit., P. and V. μελαίνειν.

make dirty: V. αἰθαλοῦν; see soil.

Met.: Blacken the character, etc.: P. and V. διαβάλλω, διαβάλλειν.