ἐπισκῐ-άζω,
throw a shade upon, overshadow, τῇ [πτέρυγι] τὴν Ἀσίην [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.209. compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 780a30, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.18.3, NT.Matt.17.5: with _dative_, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 79, NT.Mark.9.7 ] NT+5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.262, +others] Refs 1st c.AD+]; opposed to φωτίζειν, [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.141:] Refs 2nd c.AD+] —middle, -σκιάζεσθαι τὸν ἥλιον to ward off the sun's rays, [[ “Geoponica” 5.29.3] Refs]: metaphorically, conceal, obscure, ἀλήθειαν πλάσμασι μυθικοῖς [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.41, etc.] Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὰ δεινὰ ἑτέροις ὀνόμασιν ἐ. [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Juncus Philosophus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.50.95] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὴν θωπείαν, τὸν βίον, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 11, variant in “Cal.” 1 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, τῇ εὐγενεία [[ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.10.3 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; λαθραῖον ὄμμ᾽ ἐπεσκιασμένη keeping a hidden watch, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 914. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2. darken, obscure, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.223 (_passive_)] Refs 1st c.AD+]: metaphorically, ἀφροσύνη ἐ. ψυχήν [[ [prev. author] 1.685, +others ] Refs]
__3. of the Divine presence, overshadow for protection, etc., τινί [[ LXX.Psa.90(91).4 ] LXX]; ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν τινος[[ [prev. work] 139(140).8; δύναμις ὑψίστου ἐπισκιάσει σοι NT.Luke.1.35. ] NT]
__4. passive, to be weak-sighted, [[ 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 111.1. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]