The corpus record

ῥῠπαίνω

rupaino

defile, disfigure

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Where it lives

Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1 · 2.06/10k
Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant — LSJ

defile, disfigure, abuse, disparage, to be, become foul, get dirty

defile, disfigure, ῥ. τὸ μακάριον Arist. EN 1099b2; τὸν ἐμὸν βίον Aristaenet. 2.17; abuse, disparage, Pherecr. 228, Arist. Rh. 1405a25:—Pass., to be or become foul, opp. λαμπρύνεσθαι, X. Lac. 11.3, cf. Apoc. 22.11; of a garment, get dirty, Thphr. Char. 10.14.

2 contaminate, infect

metaph., contaminate, infect, τοὺς πλησιάζοντας Gal. 1.254.

In the wild

ῥυπαίνουσι · rhypainousi Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1099b (DIORISIS sentence 236)
ῥυπαινόντων · rhypainontōn Aristotle, Rhetoric 3
ῥυπαίνεται · rhypainetai Xenophon, Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 11.3 (DIORISIS sentence 172)

Where it came from

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