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|Definition=ᾶς, Ion. [[σκιή]], ῆς, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[shadow]], Od.11.207; <b class="b3">σκιὰ ἀντίστοιχος ὥς</b> like the [[shadow]] that is one's double, E.''Andr.''745; ὑπὸ κίονος σκιὰν ἔπτηξεν Id.''HF''973: [[proverb|prov.]], τὴν αὑτοῦ σ. δέδοικεν Ar.''Fr.''77, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 101d.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[reflection]], [[image]] (in a bowl of oil), Sch.Il.17.755.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[shade]] of one [[dead]], [[phantom]], Od.10.495, A.''Th.''992 (lyr.), [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1257; σποδόν τε καὶ σκιάν Id.''El.''1159; <b class="b3">κατθανὼν δὲ πᾶς ἀνὴρ γῆ καὶ σ.</b> E.''Fr.''532; σκιᾷ τινι λόγους ἀνέσπα [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''301; also, of one worn to a [[shadow]], A.''Eu.''302; <b class="b3">κακωθεὶς δ' οὐδὲν ἄλλ' εἰμ' ἢ σ.</b> Id.''Niob.'' in ''Bull.Soc.Alex.''No.28p.110; φωνὴ καὶ σ. γέρων ἀνήρ E.''Fr.''509: freq. in proverbs of man's [[mortal]] [[estate]], [[σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος]] = man is a [[dream]] of a [[shadow]] Pi.''P.''8.95; εἴδωλον σκιᾶς A.''Ag.''839, cf. S.''Fr.''659.6; <b class="b3">ὁρῶ γὰρ ἡμᾶς οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν εἴδωλα.. ἢ κούφην σ.</b> Id.''Aj.''126; ἄνθρωπός ἐστι πνεῦμα καὶ σ. μόνον Id.''Fr.''13; οὐδέν ἐσμεν πλὴν σκιαῖς ἐοικότες Id.''Fr.''945; of human affairs, εὐτυχοῦντα μὲν σκιᾷ τις ἂν πρέψειεν A.''Ag.''1328 (dub.l.); <b class="b3">οὐδὲν μᾶλλον ἢ καπνοῦ σ.</b> Id.''Fr.''399; καπνοῦ σκιὰν δέδοικεν ''Com.Adesp.''692; of worthless things, τἄλλ' ἐγὼ καπνοῦ σκιᾶς οὐκ ἂν πριαίμην S.''Ant.'' 1170, cf. ''Ph.''946; καπνοὺς καὶ σκιάς Eup.51; ὅσ' ἂν γένηται ταῦτα πάντ' ὄνου σκιά S.''Fr.''331; <b class="b3">περὶ ὄνου σκιᾶς [μάχεσθαι]</b> Ar.''V.''191, cf. Pl.''Phdr.''260c; Archipp. wrote a Com. entitled <b class="b3">Ὄνου σκιά; ἡ ἐν Δελφοῖς σ.</b> that [[phantom]] at [[Delphi]], of the Amphictyonic council, D.5.25; <b class="b3">αἱ τοῦ δικαίου σ.</b> [[mere]] [[shadow]]s of... [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 517d; <b class="b3">σκιαὶ καὶ ἐν ὕδασιν εἰκόνες</b> ib.510e; <b class="b3">σκιαὶ τῶν ὄντων, ἀλλ' οὐκ εἰδώλων σ.</b> ib.532c; στιγμὴ ἢ σ. τούτων D.21.115; ἂν ἔχῃ φίλου σκιάν Men. 554.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[evil spirit]], Hippiatr.130, ''PMasp.''188.5 (vi A.D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[shade]] of [[tree]]s, etc., as a [[protection]] from [[heat]], <b class="b3">πετραίη τε σκιή</b> the [[shade]] of a rock, Hes.''Op.''589; <b class="b3">ἐν σκιῇ ἑζόμενος</b> ib.593; ἐν συμμιγεῖ σκιᾷ Pl.''Phdr.''239c; εἰ ὑπὸ σκιῇ ἔσοιτο ἡ μάχη [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.226; [[ὑπὸ σκιᾶς]] = [[in the shade]] E.''Ba.''458; εἰσελθὼν ὑπὸ τὴν σκιὰν καθέζεσθαι And.1.38; θέρους σκιὰν παρέχειν Pl.''Ti.''76d; [[ἐν σκιᾷ]], i.e. [[indoors]], X.''Smp.''2.18, cf. ''Cyn.''3.3; <b class="b3">σκιὰν ὑπερτείνασα Σειρίου κυνός</b> [[shade]] from its [[heat]], A.''Ag.''967: pl., <b class="b3">αἱ τῶν δένδρων, αἱ τῶν πετρῶν σ.</b>, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.8.17; ὑπὸ σκιαῖς Id.''Oec.''20.18, cf. 5.9.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[shadow in painting]], τὰ λαμπρὰ τῇ σκιᾷ τρανότερα ποιοῦσι Plu.2.863e, cf. 407a, D.H.''Is.''4, Longin.17.3; <b class="b3">ἀνθρώπων πρῶτος ἐξευρὼν φθορὰν καὶ ἀπόχρωσιν σκιᾶς</b>, of the [[painter]] [[Apollodorus]], Plu.2.346a, cf. [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[silhouette]], [[profile]], [[Διόδωρος]] σ. Ἀντιφίλου ἐποίησεν ''Sammelb.''344 (Alexandria, ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> perhaps [[coloured]] [[border]] on a [[garment]], καλάσηριν ἢ [[ὑπόδυμα]] μὴ ἔχον σκιάς ''IG''5(1).1390.19, cf. 24 (Andania, i B.C.), cf. Men.561, ''BGU''1141.41,43 (i B.C.).<br><span class="bld">IV</span> an [[uninvited]] [[guest]], [[introduce]]d by [[another]] (Lat. [[umbra]]), Plu.2.707a, Ael.''Fr.''110. (Cf. Skt. chāyā́ 'shadow'.)