σκοτία
From LSJ
φελένη καὶ φάναξ καὶ φοῖκος καὶ φαήρ → Ἑλένη καὶ ἄναξ καὶ οἶκος καὶ ἀήρ | Helen, lord, house, and air
English (LSJ)
ἡ, (σκότος)
A darkness, gloom, A.R.4.1698, LXX (Mi.3.6, al.), NT (Ev.Matt.10.27, al.), cf. Moer.p.354 P. II in Architecture, scotia, cavetto, a sunken moulding, so called from the dark shadow it casts, Vitr.3.5.2, Hsch. III Σκοτιά, epith. of Aphrodite in Egypt, Id.
German (Pape)
[Seite 905] ἡ, Finsterniß, Dunkelheit; finsterer Ort, Grab, Unterwelt, σκοτίᾳ κρύπτεται, Eur. Phoen. 338. – In der Baukunst ein vertieftes Glied der Säulenbasen, Hesych. u. Vitruv. 3, 3.
