refine

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

purify: P. and V. καθαίρειν.

refine (gold): Ar. ἀφέψειν.

civilise: P. and V. παιδεύειν, ἡμεροῦν.

refine upon (a word or thought): V. κομψεύειν (acc.) (Sophocles, Antigone 324).

Absol., practise refinements (subtle distinctions): P. κομψεύεσθαι, P. and V. λεπτουργεῖν.