shadow
From LSJ
οὖρος ὀφθαλμῶν ἐμῶν αὐτῇ γένοιτ' ἄπωθεν ἑρπούσῃ → let a fair wind be with her as she goes from my sight, let her go as quick as may be
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
Met., of one reduced to a shadow: V. σκιά, ἡ, εἴδωλον, τό.
we old men are nought but sound and shape and creep about like shadows of a dream: V. γέροντες οὐδέν ἐσμεν ἄλλο πλὴν ψόφος καὶ σχῆμ'· ὀνείρων δ' ἕρπομεν μιμήματα (Euripides, Fragment).
fight with shadows, v.: P. σκιαμαχεῖν.
