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σκοτεινός

skoteinos

dark

Appears 9 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

σκοτεινός, ή, όν, (σκότος) A. dark, νυκτὸς ἅρμʼ ἐπείγεται σ. A. Ch. 661; σ. τῶν ἐνερτέρων βέλος ib.285; σ. περιβολαί, of a scabbard, E. Ph. 276; [ὁδοί] X. Cyn. 6.5; τὰ σ. θεάσασθαι Pl. R. 520c; ἀνὰ τὸ σ. προϊδεῖν in the darkness, Th. 3.22; of a person, blind, καίπερ σ. S. OT 1326; σ. ὄμμα E. Alc. 385; τὰ σ. the dark shadows in a picture, X. Mem. 3.10.1, Plu. 2.57c: neut. as Adv., σκοτεινὸν ζῆν to live in privacy, Pl. Lg. 781c. II. metaph., dark, obscure, opp. ἐλλόγιμος καὶ φανός, Id. Smp. 197a; τόπος σ. καὶ δυσδιερεύνητος Id. R. 432c; Heraclitus was called ὁ σκοτεινός, Arist. Mu. 396b20, Cic. Fin. 2.5.15; σ. προοίμιον Aeschin. 2.34; σ. ἀκοαί obscure reports, Pl. Criti. 109e; σ. μηχανήματα dark, secret, E. Fr. 288; ὁρκάναι Id. Ba. 611; σκοτεινὸς ὀργήν Trag.Adesp. 345, cf. Procop. Arc. 1. Adv., -νῶς διαλέγεσθαι Pl. R. 558d, cf. D.H. Th. 32. III. prob. f.l. for κοτ- in Pi. N. 7.61.
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