gloom
From LSJ
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. σκότος, ὁ or τό, Ar. and V. κνέφας, τό (also Xen.), ὄρφνη, ἡ.
the gloom of the underworld: V. ζόφος, ὁ. Ar. and V. ἔρεβος, τό.
Met., of looks: V. στύγος. τό.
melancholy: P. and V. ἀθυμία, ἡ, δυσθυμία, ἡ (Plato).
bring them not near their mother in her hour of gloom: V. μὴ πέλαζε μητρὶ δυσθυμουμένη (Euripides, Medea 91).
