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|Definition=(σκότος) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[throw a shadow over]], οἰκίαν ᾠκοδόμησεντος αύτην ὥστε πᾶσιν ἐπισκοτεῖν τοῖς ἐν τῷ τόπῳ <span class="bibl">D.21.158</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. τινὶ τῆς θέας</b> [[to be in the way]] of his seeing, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>274c</span>, cf. Plu.2.538e; <b class="b3">τῷ βωμῷ</b> Judeich <b class="b2">Alterlümervon Hierapolis</b> 339: abs., <span class="bibl">Plb.24.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Polyaen.8.23.2</span>; <b class="b2">form a roof</b>, <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Aut.</span>28.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span>. metaph., <b class="b2">throw darkness</b> or <b class="b2">obscurity over</b>, τῇ κρίσει Sor.<span class="title">Vit.Hippocr.</span>13, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Rh.</span>1354b11</span>; ταῖς τῆς ψυχῆς ἐπιμελείαις <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.6</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ πρὸς χάριν ῥηθὲν ἐ</b>. τῷ καθορᾶν <span class="bibl">Id.8.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.2.20</span>; οἶνος τῷ φρονεῖν ἐπισκοτεῖ <span class="bibl">Eub.135</span> = Ophelio <span class="bibl">4</span>; ἐ. γὰρ τῷ φρονεῖν τὸ λαμβάνειν <span class="bibl">Antiph.250</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ δ' ἐρᾶν ἐ</b>. ἅπασιν, ὡς ἔοικε <span class="bibl">Men.48</span>; ἡ ὀργὴ ἐ. τοῖς λογισμοῖς Phld.<span class="title">Ir.</span>p.78 W.:— Pass., [[to be in the dark]] or <b class="b2">in uncertainty</b>, ἐπισκοτεόμενος τῇ ἀπειρίῃ <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Praec.</span>8</span>; ἐπισκοτεῖσθαι καὶ κωλύεσθαι <span class="bibl">Plb.2.39.12</span>; <b class="b2">to be obscured</b>, <b class="b3">ὑπό</b> τινος <span class="bibl">Id.12.25d</span>.<span class="bibl">7</span>; <b class="b2">to be blinded</b>, τὰς ὄψεις ὑπὸ θεοῦ <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>9.4.3</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Ph. 2.62</span>.</span>