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phurō · to befoul · Greek

1. to mix something dry with something wet , mostly with a sense of mixing so as to soil or defile , δάκρυσιν εἵματ᾽ ἔφυρον they wetted, sullied their garments with tears, (Iliad by Homer); also with genitive, χείλεα φύρσω αἵματος (Odyssey by Homer):—;Pass., δάκρυσι πεφυρμένη (Iliad by Homer); αἵματι οἶκος ἐφύρθη (Aeschulus Tragicus) 2. of dry things, κόνει φύρουσα κάρα (Euripides); γαίαι πεφύρσεσθαι κόμαν to be doomed to have one's hair defiled with earth, (Pindar) 3. metaphorically to mingle together, confuse , ἔφυρον εἰκῆ πάντα they mixed all things up together, did all at random, (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.:—;Pass. to be mixed up , ἐκ πεφυρμένου καὶ θηριώδους from a confused and savage state, (Euripides) 4. in Pass. also to mix with others, have dealings with him, (Plato Philosophus) (ML)

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