Χραίνειν
to stain
Translated by Jennifer Benedict3 Apr 2008Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] to defile, to sully, to dirty.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Χραίνειν· αἰτιατικῇ. μιαίνειν, μολύνειν, ῥυποῦν.
Betacode
*xrai/nein: ai)tiatikh=|. miai/nein, molu/nein, r(upou=n.
Notes
- cf. other lexica and grammars, e.g. Hesychius s.v., ps.-Herodian 149; also the scholia to Euripides, Hecuba 366 (web address 1), where a form of the headword appears. (The present form perhaps comes from another passage in Euripides: Hippolytus 1438.)