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ἀποσκιάζω

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ἔνδον σκάπτε, ἔνδον ἡ πηγή τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ καί ἀεί ἀναβλύειν δυναμένη, ἐάν ἀεί σκάπτῃς → Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig. | Look within. Within is the fountain of the good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

Source

German (Pape)

[Seite 324] 1) Schatten werfen, D. C.; σκιαὶ δι' ἑτέρου φωτὸς ἀποσκιαζόμεναι, geworfen, Plat. Rep. VII, 352 c. – 2) in Schatten stellen, verdunkeln, Longin. 17, 9.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀποσκιάζω: μέλλ. -ασω, ἐπιρρίπτω σκιάν, σκιαὶ δι’ ἑτέρου… φωτὸς ἀποσκιαζόμεναι… Πλάτ. Πολ. 532C. ΙΙ. ἐπισκιάζω, Λογγῖν. 17 ἐν τέλ., οὕτω καὶ ὁ Bgk ἐν Ἐμπεδ. 174, ἀντὶ ἀπεσκεύασεν.

French (Bailly abrégé)

projeter de l’ombre.
Étymologie: ἀπό, σκιάζω.