ἐπηλυγάζω
epelygazo
overshadow, cover
Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐπηλυγάζω or ἐπηλῠγ-ίζω, A. overshadow, cover, τινὰς ἱματίοις NA 4.7, cf. 3.16, al.:—Med., τῷ κοινῷ φόβῳ τὸν σφέτερον ἐπηλυγάζεσθαι throw a shade over, i.e. disguise, conceal oneʼs own fear by . ., 6.36; ἐ. τὴν χεῖρα hold oneʼs hand as a shade over oneʼs eyes, GA 780b19; and (without χεῖρα) ἐ. πρὸ τῶν ὀμμάτων ib.781b12, cf. ap. PE 14.18; ἐπηλυγισάμενός τινα putting him as a screen before one, Ly. 207b; ἐ. ὕλην HA 559a1, cf. 613b9; use as a lurking place, ὀπήν ib.623a29:—Pass., to be concealed, ὑπὸ τῆς ἀγνωσίας Pr. 26; τινί ib.29; to be suppressed, Mul. 2.156. (Both -άζω and -ίζω are found in codd.)
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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