κνεφαῖος

English (LSJ)

κνεφαία, κνεφαῖον, also κνεφαῖος, κνεφαῖον Ar.Ra.1350 (lyr.):—
A dark, Ταρτάρου βάθη A.Pr.1029, cf. E.Alc.593 (lyr.).
2 in the dark, κνεφαῖος ἐλθών having come in the dark, i.e. at nightfall, Hippon.63; also, early in the morning, ἀνεφάνη κ. Ar.V.124, cf. Ra. l.c., Lys.327 (lyr.), etc.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1459] dunkel, finster; κνεφαῖά τ' ἀμφὶ Ταρτάρου βάθη Aesch. Prom 1031; Ἀελίου κνεφαίαν ἱππόστασιν Eur. Alc. 595; κνεφαῖος ἀνεφάνη, in der Dämmerung kam er, Ar. Vesp. 124, vgl. Lys. 327; auch 2 Endgn, Ran. 1349. – Adv., Schol. Ar. Lys. 327.

French (Bailly abrégé)

α ou ος, ον :
1 obscur, sombre;
2 qui agit dans l'obscurité.
Étymologie: κνέφας.

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

κνεφαῖος -α -ον, f. ook -ος [κνέφας] donker, duister:; ἀμφὶ μὲν ἀελίου κνεφαίαν ἱππόστασιν bij de duistere stal van de zonnepaarden Eur. Alc. 592; κνεφαῖά τ’ ἀμφὶ Ταρτάρου βάθη de duistere diepten rond de Tartarus Aeschl. PV 1029; pred. in het donker:. ὁ δ’ ἀνεφάνη κνεφαῖος hij dook op in het donker Aristoph. Ve. 124.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

κνεφαῖος: и 2 темный, мрачный (Ταρτάρου βάθη Aesch.; Ἀελίου ἱππόστασις Eur.): κ. ἀνεφάνη Arph. он появился, когда (еще) было темно.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κνεφαῖος: -α, -ον, ὡσαύτως ος, ον, Ἀριστοφ. Βάτρ. 1350· (κνέφας)· ― σκοτεινός, ἀμαυρός, Ταρτάρου βάθη Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 1029, πρβλ. Εὐρ. Ἄλκ. 593. 2) ἐν τῷ σκότει, κνεφαῖος ἐλθών, ἐλθὼν ἐν τῷ σκότει, δηλ. κατὰ τὴν νύκτα, Ἱππῶν. 37· ἀλλ᾿ ὡσαύτως, ἐνωρὶς τὸ πρωΐ, κν. ἀνεφάνη Ἀριστοφ. Σφῆκ. 124, πρβλ. Βατρ. ἔνθ᾿ ἀνωτ., Λυσ. 327, κτλ. Ἐπίρρ. -ως, Σχόλ. εἰς Ἀριστοφ. Λυσ. 327, πρβλ. κνέφας, σκοταῖος, καὶ ὡσαύτως δνόφος.

Greek Monolingual

κνεφαῖος, -αία, -ον (Α) κνέφας
1. σκοτεινός, μαύρος («κνεφαῖα τ' ἀμφὶ Ταρτάρου βάθη», Αισχύλ.)
2. αυτός που βρίσκεται μέσα στο σκοτάδι τη νύχτα ή ο πολύ πρωινός (α. «κνεφαῖος ἐλθών», Ιππών.
β. «ὁ δ' ἀνεφάνη κνεφαῖος ἐπὶ τῇ κιγκλίδι», Αριστοφ.). Επιρρ. κνεφαίως (Α)
την ώρα που έχει σκοτάδι.

Greek Monotonic

κνεφαῖος: -α, -ον και -ος, -ον (κνέφας),
1. σκοτεινός, σκιερός, σε Αισχύλ., Ευρ.
2. στο σκοτάδι, νωρίς το πρωί, σε Αριστοφ.

Middle Liddell

κνεφαῖος, η, ον κνέφας
1. dark, dusky, Aesch., Eur.
2. in the dark, early in the morning, Ar.

English (Woodhouse)

dark, gloomy, without light

Translations

dark

Afrikaans: donker; Arabic: مُظْلِم‎, دَاكِن‎; Armenian: մութ, խավար; Assamese: এন্ধাৰ, আন্ধাৰ; Asturian: escuru; Azerbaijani: qaranlıq, qara; Balinese: peteng; Bashkir: ҡараңғы; Basque: ilun; Belarusian: цёмны; Bengali: আঁধার, অন্ধকার; Bikol Central: madiklom; Breton: teñval; Brunei Malay: galap, patang; Bulgarian: тъ́мен; Burmese: နက်, မည်း; Catalan: fosc, obscur; Cebuano: dulom; Chamicuro: chpolyaye; Chechen: ӏаьржа; Chinese Cantonese: 黑, 黑暗; Literary Chinese: 黲; Mandarin: 黑暗, 黲／黪; Czech: tmavý, temný; Dalmatian: sčor; Danish: mørk; Dolgan: караӈа; Dutch: donker, duister; Esperanto: malluma, malhela; Faroese: myrkur, dimmur, døkkur; Finnish: pimeä; French: obscur, sombre; Galician: escuro, fusco; Georgian: ბნელი, შავბნელი, უკუნი, წყვდიადი; German: dunkel, finster; Gilbertese: ro; Gothic: 𐍂𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃; Greek: σκοτεινός; Ancient Greek: ἀμαυρός, ἀναύγητος, ἀνήλιος, ἀφεγγής, δνοφώδης, κνεφαῖος, λυγαῖος, ὀρφναῖος, σκοτεινός, σκοτώδης; Gujarati: અંધારું; Haitian Creole: nwa; Hawaiian: ʻeleʻele, pōʻeleʻele, pōʻele, uli, uliuli; Hebrew: חָשׁוּךְ‎, אָפֵל‎; Hiligaynon: dulum; Hindi: अंधेरा; Hungarian: sötét; Icelandic: dökkur, dimmur; Ido: tenebroza, obskura; Ilocano: nasipnget; Indonesian: gelap; Interlingua: obscur; Irish: dorcha; Italian: buio, oscuro, fosco, tetro; Japanese: 暗い; Javanese: peteng; Kapampangan: madalumdum; Karachay-Balkar: къарангы; Karaim: karanhy; Kazakh: қараңғы; Komi-Permyak: пемыд; Komi-Zyrian: пемыд; Korean: 어둡다; Kumyk: къарангы; Kurdish Central Kurdish: تاریک‎; Northern Kurdish: tarî; Kyrgyz: караңгы; Ladino: aleskuro, eskuro; Lao: ມືດ; Latgalian: tymss; Latin: obscurus, creper, fuscus; Latvian: tumšs; Lithuanian: tamsus; Lombard: scur; Low German: düster, duster; Lubuagan Kalinga: manggikbot; Luxembourgish: däischter, donkel; Macedonian: темен; Malay: gelap, kelam; Malayalam: ഇരുട്ട്, അന്ധകാരം; Maori: pokere, pōkerekere, uri, uriuri, wheuri, whēuriuri; Marathi: अंधारमय; Mbyá Guaraní: pytũ; Mingrelian: ურწკუმი; Mongolian Cyrillic: харанхуй; Nogai: каранъа; Norman: sombre; Northern Sami: seavdnjat; Norwegian Bokmål: mørk; Nynorsk: mørk, døkk; Occitan: escur, fosc; Odia: ଅନ୍ଧାର; Ojibwe: dibiki-; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: тьмьнъ; Old English: þīestre; Old Javanese: hirĕng, pĕtĕng; Old Norse: myrkr, ámr; Ossetian: тар; Persian: تاریک‎, تار‎, تیره‎; Plautdietsch: dunkel; Polish: ciemny; Portuguese: escuro; Quechua: laqha; Romanian: murg, închis, întunecat; Romansch: stgir, stgeir, s-chür; Russian: тёмный; Sanskrit: श्याम; Scots: mirk; Scottish Gaelic: dorcha; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: тама̄н, мрачан; Roman: támān, mráčan; Slovak: tmavý, temný; Slovene: temen; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: śamny; Southern Altai: караҥу, караҥуй; Spanish: oscuro; Swedish: mörk; Sylheti: ꠀꠘ꠆ꠗꠣꠁꠞ; Tagalog: madilim; Tahitian: ʻārehurehu, ʻereʻere; Tajik: торик; Tamil: இருள்; Tatar: караңгы; Telugu: చీకటి, గాఢాంధకారము; Thai: มืด; Tocharian B: orkamo, orkmo; Tofa: ӄараӈғы; Turkish: karanlık; Turkmen: garaňky; Tuvan: караңгы; Tuwali Ifugao: ngitit; Udmurt: пеймыт; Ukrainian: темний; Urdu: اندھیرا‎; Urum: харанғы; Uyghur: قاراڭغۇ‎; Uzbek: qorongʻilik, qorongʻu; Venetian: scùro; Vietnamese: tối; Waray-Waray: masirum, dulum; Welsh: tywyll; West Frisian: tsjuster, donker; Yagnobi: тора; Yakut: хараҥа; Yiddish: פֿינצטער‎, טונקל‎; Zazaki: tarı; ǃXóõ: dtʻkxʻái