1. χραίνω · chrainō — Beekes
χραίνω [v.] ‘to besmear, sully, stain’ (B, trag., Nic, AP, Pl. Lg. 769a, also late prose). «Ὁ — [Beekes, s.v. χραίνω, p. 1697]
The corpus record
χραίνω
chraino
to besmear, sully, stain
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Where it lives
- Seven Against Thebes 2 · 3.97/10k
- Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
- Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
- Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
- Ecclesiazusae 1 · 1.31/10k
- Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
- Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
- Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
- Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
- Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
- Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. χραίνω · chrainō — Chantraine
χραίνω : présent {B., Trag., Nic. AP, Porph., Jul.) futur χρᾶνῷῶ (E. Héc. 366), aoriste ἔχρᾶνα (Æsch., Poll. Porph.). Sens : seffleurer » (Trag.), + enduire, peindre » (PL, Nic., Plu., Max. Tyr.} joint à ἀποχραίνειν « nuancer » une teinte (PL Lois 769 a ; passif Arist.), « 8811}, souiller » au sens moral notamment chez les Tragiques et en prose tardive (actif et passif). Dérivés : adj. verbal ἄχραντος + non souillé, … — [Chantraine, s.v. χραίνω, p. 1291]
3. χραίνω · chrainō — LSJ
touch slightly, smear, paint, besmear, anoint
touch slightly, ὀλιγάκις ἄστυ κἀγορᾶς χραίνων κύκλον, i.e. keeping aloof from it, E. Or. 919; χ. οὐραίοισιν εὐδίαν ἁλός, of fishes, Achae. 27.3: hence, smear, paint, χ. ἢ ἀποχραίνειν Pl. Lg. 769a, cf. Poll. l.c., Max.Tyr. 40.2: besmear, anoint, τινι Nic. Al. 246:—Pass., χραινομένην μέλιτι AP 7.622 (Antiphil.).
2 stain, defile
stain, βωμὸν αἵματι μήλων B. 10.111; πεδία δʼ ἀργηστὴς ἀφρὸς χραίνει σταλαγμοῖς A. Th. 61, cf. Fr. 327; defile, μιάσματι μυχὸν ἔχρανας Id. Eu. 170 (lyr.); esp. of moral pollution, λέχη δὲ τοῦ θανόντος ἐν χεροῖν ἐμαῖν χραίνω S. OT 822, cf. E. Hipp. 1266, Hec. 366; ὄμμα χ. θανασίμοισιν ἐκπνοαῖς Id. Hipp. 1438; οὔτε φόνῳ τοὺς τῶν θεῶν βωμοὺς χραίνειν δεῖ Porph. Abst. 2.28; of words, θεῶν ὀνόματα μὴ χ. ῥᾳδίως Pl. Lg. 917b:—Med., χεῖρα χραίνεσθαι φόνῳ S. Aj. 43:—Pass., αἱμάτων μιάσμασι χρανθεῖσα γαῖ
In the wild
- ἐχράνατʼ · echranatʼ Aeschylus, Eumenides 169–173
- χραίνεται · chrainetai Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 341–342
- χραίνει · chrainei Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 59–61
- χρανθεῖςʼ · chrantheisʼ Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 262–267
- ἐχραινόμην · echrainomēn Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae (DIORISIS sentence 37)
- χρανεῖ · chranei Euripides, Hecuba 365 (DIORISIS sentence 171)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. χραίνω (scan p. 1697; entry #6601).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. χραίνω (scan p. 1291; entry #8793). Root candidates: *ghren-.
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