σκοταῖος

English (LSJ)

α, ον, also ος, ον D.S.3.48, Plu.Fab.7:—

   A in the dark, joined with a Verb, of persons,    1 before morning, ἐλείπετο τῆς νυκτὸς ὅσον σκοταίους διελθεῖν τὸ πεδίον X.An.4.1.5, cf. 10; ἔτι σ. παρῆλθεν Id.HG4.5.18; or,    2 after nightfall, ἤδη σ. ἀναγαγών Id.Cyr.7.1.45; σκοταῖοι προσιόντες Id.An.2.2.17: cf. κνεφαῖος.    II of things, dark, χωρίον Hp.Mul.1.11; νύξ D.S.l.c.; ἐνέδραι in the dark, Plu. l.c.