μί-ασμα [ῐ], ατος, τό, (μιαίνω)
stain, defilement, especially by murder or other crime,
taint of guilt, [
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II)
that which defiles, pollution, of persons, χώρας μ. καὶ θεῶν ἐγχωρίων [
Refs]; πατροκτόνον μ. καὶ θεῶν στύγος, of Clytaemnestra, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: in Prose more generally, πνεῦμα μεμιασμένον νοσηροῖσι μιάσμασι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]