ζόφος,ὁ,
A. nether darkness, ἱεμένων Ἔρεβόσδε ὑπὸ ζόφον
Od. 20.356
, cf. 11.155 , Il. 21.56 , Ep.Jud. 6 ;Ἀί̈δης δ' ἔλαχε ζόφον ἠερόενταobtainedthe realms of gloomfor his share, Il. 15.191 , cf. Od. 11.57 , h.Cer. 402 , 446 , etc.; γῆς ὑπὸ ζόφον
A. Pers. 839
.
2. generally,gloom, darkness, Hes. Sc. 227 , Plb. 18.20.7 , Arist. Mu. 400a8 , Ep.Hebr. 12.18 , Plu. Alc. 28 , Luc. DMort. 15.2 ;χειμέριος ζ.the gloomof winter, Pi. I. 4(3).18 : metaph.,τῆς ψυχῆς . . ζ. Plu. 2.48c .
II. the dark quarter, i.e.the West, ἤδη γὰρ φάος οἴχεθ' ὑπὸ ζόφον
Od. 3.335
; οὐ γὰρ ἴδμεν ὅπῃ ζ. οὐδ' ὅπῃ ἠώς
10.190
;ποτὶ ζόφον, opp.πρὸς ἠῶ τ' ἠέλιόν τε, Il. 12.240 , Od. 13.241 , 9.26 (the Northacc. to Str. 10.2.12 );Γαδείρων τὸ πρὸς ζόφονtothe westof . . , Pi. N. 4.69 .—Poet. and later Prose. (Prob. cogn. withζέφυρος.)