shadow
From LSJ
Πάντα οὖν ὅσα ἐὰν θέλητε ἵνα ποιῶσιν ὑμῖν οἱ ἄνθρωποι, οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς ποιεῖτε αὐτοῖς· οὗτος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ νόμος καὶ οἱ προφῆται → Therefore as many things as you would like people to do for you, do also the same for them: that is the Torah, that is the prophets! (Matthew 7:12)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. and V. σκιά, ἡ.
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 σχῆμʼ· ὀνείρων δʼ ἕρπομεν μιμήματα (Eur., Frag.).
Jot, tittle: see jot. Fight with shadows, v.: P. σκιαμαχεῖν.
