συσκοτάζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[make dark]], τὰ ἄστρα <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ez.</span>32.7</span>; <b class="b3">ἡμέραν εἰς νύκτα σ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Am.</span>5.8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> intr., [[grow quite dark]], <b class="b3">ὁ οὐρανὸς σ. νεφέλαις</b> ib. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">3 Ki.</span>18.45</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Jl.</span>3.15</span>, al.:—but, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in early writers, always impers., [[ξυσκοτάζει]] (sc. <b class="b3">ὁ θεός</b>) [[it grows dark]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.51</span>, <span class="bibl">7.73</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 7.5.15</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἤδη συσκοτάζοντος</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τοῦ θεοῦ</b>) [[when it was]] now [[getting dark]], <span class="bibl">Lys.<span class="title">Fr.</span>75.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Diocl.Fr.141</span>; συσκοτάζοντος ἄρτι τοῦ θεοῦ <span class="bibl">Plb. 31.13.9</span>.</span>