σκοτεινός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, (σκότος) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[dark]], <b class="b3">νυκτὸς ἅρμ' ἐπείγεται σ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>661</span>; <b class="b3">σ. τῶν ἐνερτέρων βέλος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">285</span>; <b class="b3">σ. περιβολαί</b>, of a scabbard, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>276</span>; [[[ὁδοί]]] <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>6.5</span>; τὰ σ. θεάσασθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>520c</span>; <b class="b3">ἀνὰ τὸ σ. προϊδεῖν</b> in [[the darkness]], <span class="bibl">Th.3.22</span>; of a person, [[blind]], <b class="b3">καίπερ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1326</span>; σ. ὄμμα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>385</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ σ</b>. the [[dark shadows]] in a picture, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.10.1</span>, Plu.2.57c: neut. as Adv., <b class="b3">σκοτεινὸν ζῆν</b> to live [[in privacy]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 781c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[dark]], [[obscure]], opp. <b class="b3">ἐλλόγιμος καὶ φανός</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>197a</span>; τόπος σ. καὶ δυσδιερεύνητος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>432c</span>; Heraclitus was called <b class="b3">ὁ σκοτεινός</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>396b20</span>, <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Fin.</span>2.5.15</span>; σ. προοίμιον <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.34</span>; <b class="b3">σ. ἀκοαί</b> [[obscure]] reports, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span>109e</span>; <b class="b3">σ. μηχανήματα</b> [[dark]], [[secret]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>288</span>; ὁρκάναι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ba.</span>611</span>; σκοτεινὸς ὀργήν <span class="title">Trag.Adesp.</span>345, cf. <span class="bibl">Procop.<span class="title">Arc.</span>1</span>. Adv., -νῶς διαλέγεσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>558d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Th.</span>32</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> prob. f.l. for [[κοτ-]] in <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.61</span>.</span>