foul
From LSJ
οὐ σύ με λοιδορεῖς, ἀλλ᾿ ὁ τόπος → it is not thou who mockest me, but the roof on which thou art standing (Aesop)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
squalid: P. and V. αὐχμηρός, Ar. and V. ἄλουτος, δυσπινής, V. πινώδης, αὐχμώδης. Met., P. and V. αἰσχρός, ἄναγνος, ἀνόσιος, μιαρός; see disgraceful.
evil-smelling: P. and V. δυσώδης, Ar. and V. κάκοσμος (Aesch., Fragment, and Sophocles, Fragment). fall foul of, v.; P. προσπίπτειν (dat.), συμπίπτειν (dat. or πρός, acc.), συμβάλλειν πρός (acc.); see dash against. Met., P. προσκρούειν (dat. or absol.).
ships falling foul of one another: P. νῆες ταραχθεῖσαι περὶ ἀλλήλας (Thuc. 7, 23).
verb transitive
P. and V. μιαίνειν; see defile.
collide with: see collide.
