βαφή
βαφή, a dipping
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βαφάς Noun: feminine accusative plural of βαφή
- dipping of red-hot iron in water, S. Aj. 651: hence, temper or edge of a blade or tool produced thereby, τὴν β. ἀφιᾶσιν ὥσπερ ὁ σίδηρος εἰρήνην ἄγοντες Arist. Pol. 1334a8, cf. Plu. Alex. 32, Pyrrh. 24; τὰ σιδήρια τὴν β. ἀνίησι lose their edge, Thphr. HP 5.3.3, cf. CP 1.22.6; χαλκοῦ βαφαί prob. poet. for σιδήρου β. in A. Ag. 612 (v. Sch. ad loc., but cf. βάψις): metaph., temper, τῆς ἀνδρείας οἷον β. τις ὁ θυμός ἐστι καὶ στόμωμα Plu. Bruta anim. 2.988d; of wine, ib. QConv. 650b.
- II dye, Thphr. HP 4.6.5; πορφυρᾶ β. A. Pers. 317 (metaph. of blood), cf. Pl. R. 430a; κρόκου βαφάς the saffron-dyed robe, A. Ag. 239 (lyr.); βαφαὶ ὕδρας the arrows dipped in the hydraʼs blood, E. HF 1188 (lyr.); χειλέων β. Philostr. Ep. 22: metaph., β. τυραννίδος Plu. Max. cum princip. 2.779c.
- III enamelling, χαλκοῦ . . βαφῇ κυάνου στίλβοντος ib. Pyth. 395b.
- 2 gilding, silvering, αἱ δύο β. Zos.Alch. p.168 B., cf. p.208B.
- IV infection, Aret. CD 2.13.
I
1 acción de mojar, baño
πορφυρέα
ὁ οἶνος ... ἀποβάλλει τὴν βαφήν
• crist. bautismo
διὰ τῆς ἁγνοτάτης βαφῆς ἀναγεννηθῆναι Θεῷ
2 temple de metales
οὐδ' οἶδα ... χαλκοῦ βαφάς
τὰ σιδήρια τὴν ... βαφὴν ἀνίησι διὰ τὴν θερμότητα
λιθοκόλλητος ... μάχαιρα δὲ θαυμαστὴ βαφῇ
• fig. temple, fuerza
βαφῇ σίδηρος ὥς
τὴν ... βαφὴν ἀνιᾶσιν, ὥσπερ ὁ σίδηρος, εἰρήνην ἄγοντες
β. τις ὁ θυμός ἐστι καὶ στόμωμα
3 medic. infección
ἀναπνοῆς γὰρ ἐς μετάδοσιν ῥηϊδίη β.
4 alquim. baño quizá para dorar, Zos.Alch.168.2.
5 β.· lacon.
ζωμός
II ref. al color
1 tinte, teñido, color esp. de la púrpura como colorante, Hdt.3.22,
β. καὶ ... πλύσις
θησαυρὸν εὑρίσκει βαφῆς
κρόκου βαφὰς δ' εἰς πέδον χέουσα
• pintura, afeite
χειλέων βαφαί
• fig. tinte indeleble, barniz dicho de la formación militar
ὅπως ... δέξοιντο (los soldados) ὥσπερ βαφήν
μὴ ... ἐκπλύναι τὴν βαφὴν τὰ ῥύμματα ταῦτα
τὴν βαφὴν οὐκ ἀνιέντα τῆς τυραννίδος
2 color, coloración natural, Arist.Col.791a5, cf. 793a24,
III como lugar para teñir tinte, tintorería
ἔπεμψα ... εἰς βαφὴν ἐρ[ί]δια
1. onderdompeling:
2. van metaal in water, om het te harden tempering; uitbr. hardheid:
3. in bloed of verf het indopen, vandaar het verven:
a) in Farbe, Färbung, Aesch. Pers. 309 ; plur., Ag. 230 u. öfter ; Plat. Rep. IV.430a u. Folgde ; die Farbe, Luc. D.Mort. 18.2.
b) des glühenden Eisens in kaltes Wasser, um es zu härten, die Stählung, χαλκοῦ Aesch. Ag. 598 ; Soph. Aj. 637 u. Sp., wie Plut. Alex. 31 ; καὶ στόμωμα Gryll. 4 E.
Uebertr., Kraft des Weines, Plut. Symp. 3.3.
- Ia dipping of red-hot iron in water, the temper produced thereby, Arist.
- IIa dipping in dye, dyeing, dye, Aesch., Plat., etc.; κρόκου βαφαί the saffron- dyed robe, Aesch.; βαφαὶ ὕδρας the robe dipped in the hydraʼs blood, Eur.
- IIIχαλκοῦ βαφαί, in Aesch., is prob. the art of tempering brass, to express something which no woman could know.
- IVin Soph. Aj., βαφῆι σίδηρος ὥς must be construed not with ἐθηλύνθην, but with the preceding words καρτερὸς γενόμενος, for iron becomes harder, not softer, by being dipped.