δυσφημ-έω,
use ill words, especially words of ill omen, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1078, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 905, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 22. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II transitive, speak ill of, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1183, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 600, “Hec.” 181 (Lyric poetry), 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.215 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 13.178a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Morte - Papiri Ercolanesi” 36. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]