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χραίνω
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.

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to touch slightly, stain, defile

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χραίνω
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χραίνω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
χραινω
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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.
IDX:
35878
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n35919
Key:
xrai/nw

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