dusky

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adjective

without light: P. and V. σκοτεινός, P. σκοτώδης, V. ἀμαυρός, λυγαῖος, κνεφαῖος, ὀρφναῖος, δνοφώδης, ἀνήλιος, ἀφεγγής, ἀναύγητος; see dark.

of colour, black: P. and V. μέλας, V. μελάγχιμος, ἐρεμνός, κελεινός.

gray: P. φαιός (Plato), ὄρφνινος (Plato).

of skin: P. μέλας (Dem. 537), μελάγχρως.