detraction

From LSJ

Θυμῷ χαρίζου μηδέν, ἄνπερ νοῦν ἔχῃς → Si mens est tibi, ne cedas iracundiae → Dem Zorn sei nicht zu Willen, bist du bei Verstand

Menander, Monostichoi, 245

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

calumny: P. and V. διαβολή, ἡ, Ar. and P. συκοφαντία, ἡ; see calumny.