ἐπισκοτέω

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   A throw a shadow over, οἰκίαν ᾠκοδόμησεντος αύτην ὥστε πᾶσιν ἐπισκοτεῖν τοῖς ἐν τῷ τόπῳ D.21.158; ἐ. τινὶ τῆς θέας to be in the way of his seeing, Pl.Euthd.274c, cf. Plu.2.538e; τῷ βωμῷ Judeich Alterlümervon Hierapolis 339: abs., Plb.24.4, Polyaen.8.23.2; form a roof, Hero Aut.28.2.    2. metaph., throw darkness or obscurity over, τῇ κρίσει Sor.Vit.Hippocr.13, Arist. Rh.1354b11; ταῖς τῆς ψυχῆς ἐπιμελείαις Isoc.1.6; τὸ πρὸς χάριν ῥηθὲν ἐ. τῷ καθορᾶν Id.8.10, cf. D.2.20; οἶνος τῷ φρονεῖν ἐπισκοτεῖ Eub.135 = Ophelio 4; ἐ. γὰρ τῷ φρονεῖν τὸ λαμβάνειν Antiph.250; τὸ δ' ἐρᾶν ἐ. ἅπασιν, ὡς ἔοικε Men.48; ἡ ὀργὴ ἐ. τοῖς λογισμοῖς Phld.Ir.p.78 W.:— Pass., to be in the dark or in uncertainty, ἐπισκοτεόμενος τῇ ἀπειρίῃ Hp. Praec.8; ἐπισκοτεῖσθαι καὶ κωλύεσθαι Plb.2.39.12; to be obscured, ὑπό τινος Id.12.25d.7; to be blinded, τὰς ὄψεις ὑπὸ θεοῦ J.AJ9.4.3, cf.Ph. 2.62.