σκοτειν-ός, ή, όν,
(σκότος) dark, νυκτὸς ἅρμ᾽ ἐπείγεται σ. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 661; σ. τῶν ἐνερτέρων βέλος [prev. work] 285 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; σ. περιβολαί, of a scabbard, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 276 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [ὁδοί] [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.5; τὰ σ. θεάσασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 520c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνὰ τὸ σ. προϊδεῖν in the darkness, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.22 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a person, blind, καίπερ σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1326; σ. ὄμμα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 385 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ σ. the dark shadows in a picture, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.10.1, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.57c: _neuter_ as ] Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb, σκοτεινὸν ζῆν to live in privacy, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 781c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, dark, obscure, opposed to ἐλλόγιμος καὶ φανός, [[ [prev. author] “Smp.” 197a; τόπος σ. καὶ δυσδιερεύνητος [prev. author] “R.” 432c ] Refs]; Heraclitus was called ὁ σκοτεινός, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 396b20, 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “de Finibus” 2.5.15; σ. προοίμιον 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.34 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; σ. ἀκοαί obscure reports, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 109e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. μηχανήματα dark, secret, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 288; ὁρκάναι [prev. author] “Ba.” 611; σκοτεινὸς ὀργήν “Tragica Adespota” 345, compare 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Historia Arcana” 1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb, -νῶς διαλέγεσθαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 558d, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 32. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]