The Censuring of Virtue with Harsh Words

Notes

1. 11.32.1βάζοντες — Present active participle, masculine nominative plural, of the verb βάζω (to speak, utter). It functions as a participle of manner or means ("speaking") accompanying the main future verb μέμψονται. In poetic language, combined with the dative ἔπεσσιν (with words), it means 'to speak harshly' or 'to abuse with words'.
2. 11.32.1ἔπεσσιν — Dative plural of the neuter noun ἔπος (word), in its poetic/Homeric form (-εσσι(ν)). Here it functions as a dative of means, agreeing with the adjective χαλεποῖς, to mean 'with harsh words'.