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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[throw a shade upon]], [[overshadow]], τῇ [πτέρυγι] τὴν Ἀσίην [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.209. cf. Arist.''GA''780a30, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 2.18.3, ''Ev.Matt.''17.5: c.dat., [[Theophrastus]] ''Sens.''79, ''Ev.Marc.''9.7:—Pass., Ph.1.262, al.; opp. [[φωτίζειν]], S.E.''P.''1.141:—Med., <b class="b3">-σκιάζεσθαι τὸν ἥλιον</b> to [[ward off]] the sun's rays, ''Gp.''5.29.3: metaph., [[conceal]], [[obscure]], <b class="b3">ἀλήθειαν πλάσμασι</b> μυθικοῖς Ph.1.41, etc.; <b class="b3">τὰ δεινὰ ἑτέροις ὀνόμασιν ἐ.</b> Junc. ap. Stob.4.50.95; <b class="b3">τὴν θωπείαν, τὸν βίον</b>, Luc.''Hist.Conscr.''11, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in ''Cal.''1:—Pass., τῇ εὐγενεία Hdn.2.10.3; <b class="b3">λαθραῖον ὄμμ' ἐπεσκιασμένη</b> [[keeping a hidden]] watch, S.''Tr.''914.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[darken]], [[obscure]], Ph.2.223 (Pass.): metaph., ἀφροσύνη ἐ. ψυχήν Id.1.685, al.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. of the Divine presence, [[overshadow]] for protection, etc., τινί [[LXX]] ''Ps.''90(91).4; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν</b> τινος ib.139(140).8; δύναμις ὑψίστου ἐπισκιάσει σοι ''Ev.Luc.''1.35.<br><span class="bld">4</span>. Pass., to [[be weak-sighted]], Vett.Val.111.1.