obscurity

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

darkness: P. and V. σκότος, ὁ, or τό, P. τὸ σκοτεινόν, Ar. and V. κνέφας, τό (also Xen.), ὄρφνη, ἡ.

unintelligibility: P. ἀσάφεια, ἡ.

baseness (of origin): P. and V. δυσγένεια, ἡ (Plato), P. ταπεινότης, ἡ.

ingloriousness: P. and V. ἀδοξία, ἡ.

obscurity of position: P. ἀξιώματος ἀφάνεια (Thuc. 2, 37).