Scaife ATLAS

χραίνω = χράω to touch slightly, ὀλιγάκις ἄστυ χραίνων, i. e. keeping aloof from it, Eur. to stain, spot, defile, Aesch.;— esp. of moral pollution, Soph., Eur.:—Mid., χεῖρα χραίνεσθαι φόνωι Soph.:—Pass. to be defiled, Soph.

ShortDef

to touch slightly, stain, defile

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Headword:

χραίνω

Headword (normalized):

χραίνω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

χραινω

IDX:

35878

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n35919

Key:

xrai/nw

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