Greek κατηγόρουν and Latin accusabant both render the imperfect 'were accusing' with a single verb; the Peshitta employs the idiomatic compound ܐܟܠ ܩܪܨܐ (literally 'to eat the pieces/morsels of'), a fixed Syriac expression for slanderous accusation, periphrastically reinforced by the auxiliary ܗܘܘ to express durative past aspect.