ζόφος
zophos
nether darkness
Appears 12 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ζόφος, ὁ, A. nether darkness, ἱεμένων Ἔρεβόσδε ὑπὸ ζόφον Od. 20.356, cf. 11.155, Il. 21.56, Ep.Jud. 6; Ἀΐδης δʼ ἔλαχε ζόφον ἠερόεντα obtained the realms of gloom for his share, Il. 15.191, cf.Od. 11.57, h.Cer. 402, 446, etc.; γῆς ὑπὸ ζόφον Pers. 839. 2. generally, gloom, darkness, Sc. 227, 18.20.7, Mu. 400a8, Ep.Hebr. 12.18, Alc. 28, DMort. 15.2; χειμέριος ζ. the gloom of winter, I. 4(3).18: metaph., τῆς ψυχῆς . . ζ. 2.48c. II. the dark quarter, i.e. the West, ἤδη γὰρ φάος οἴχεθʼ ὑπὸ ζόφον Od. 3.335; οὐ γὰρ ἴδμεν ὅπῃ ζ. οὐδʼ ὅπῃ ἠώς 10.190; ποτὶ ζόφον, opp. πρὸς ἠῶ τʼ ἠέλιόν τε, Il. 12.240, Od. 13.241, 9.26 (the North acc. to 10.2.12); Γαδείρων τὸ πρὸς ζόφον to the west of . . , N. 4.69.—Poet. and later Prose. (Prob. cogn. with ζέφυρος.)
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