ἐπηλυγάζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=or ἐπηλῠγ-ίζω, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">overshadow, cover</b>, τινὰς ἱματίοις <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>4.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.16</span>, al.:—Med., <b class="b3">τῷ κοινῷ φόβῳ τὸν σφέτερον ἐπηλυγάζεσθαι</b> <b class="b2">throw a shade over</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">disguise, conceal</b> one's <b class="b2">own</b> fear by... <span class="bibl">Th.6.36</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. τὴν χεῖρα</b> <b class="b2">hold one's</b> hand <b class="b2">as a shade over one's eyes</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>780b19</span>; and (without <b class="b3">χεῖρα</b>) <b class="b3"> ἐ. πρὸ τῶν ὀμμάτων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">781b12</span>, cf. Aristocl. ap.<span class="bibl">Eus.<span class="title">PE</span>14.18</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπηλυγισάμενός τινα</b> <b class="b2">putting</b> him <b class="b2">as a screen before one</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>207b</span>; ἐ. ὕλην <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>559a1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">613b9</span>; <b class="b2">use as a lurking place</b>, <b class="b3">ὀπήν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">623a29</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be concealed</b>, ὑπὸ τῆς ἀγνωσίας <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>26</span>; <b class="b3">τινί</b> ib.<span class="bibl">29</span>; <b class="b2">to be suppressed</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>2.156</span>. (Both <b class="b3">-άζω</b> and <b class="b3">-ίζω</b> are found in codd.)</span>