Liddell–Scott–Jones: σκοτί-α

σκοτί-α,ἡ, (σκότος)

A. darkness, gloom, A.R. 4.1698 , LXX ( Mi. 3.6 , al.),NT( Ev.Matt. 10.27 , al.), cf. Moer. p.354 P.

II. in Architecture,scotia, cavetto, a sunken moulding, so called fromthe dark shadowit casts, Vitr. 3.5.2 , Hsch.

III. Σκοτιά, epith. of Aphrodite in Egypt, Id.