involve the city in disgrace

From LSJ

αἱ μέν ἀποφάσεις ἐπί τῶν θείων ἀληθεῖς, αἱ δέ καταφάσεις ἀνάρμοστοι τῇ κρυφιότητι τῶν ἀποῤῥήτων → as concerns the things of the gods, negative pronouncements are true, but positive ones are inadequate to their hidden character

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes)

αἰσχύνην τῇ πόλει περιάπτειν

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