περκ-άζω, (πέρκος
A.
= περκνός )become dark, turn dark, of grapes beginning to ripen, ὀπώρα ἄκραισι περκάζουσα οἰνάνθαις
Chaerem. 12.2
; ὅταν ἄρτι π. σταφυλή
Thphr. HP 9.11.7
, cf. Hymn.Is. 168 , LXX Am. 9.13 ; ὅταν ἄρχωνται π. οἱ βότρυες
Thphr. CP 3.16.3
, etc. ; of olives, Gp. 9.19.2 ; of flowers, Porph. VP 44 .
2. metaph., of young men, whose beard begins todarkentheir faces, Call. Lav.Pall. 76 .
II.
Act. ,make dark-coloured, Dsc. 5.2 .