to mortify/ bruise (v.) strike one under the eye, give him a black eye:—Pass., have a black eye, metaph., bruise, mortify, 1 Ep.Cor.9.27; also, annoy greatly, wear out Liddell Scott A Greek English Lexicon
Something along the lines of beating the face, pummeling the face, etc.
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