σκοτίζω,
make dark, τὸν θεὸν τὸν φωτίζοντα καὶ σκοτίζοντα τὸν κόσμον [[ “Tab.Defix.Aud.” 242.13 (Carthage, 3rd c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; get in the light of, ἐνέργειαν [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).698: _metaphorically_, λαβὼν δισσὰς ἐσκότισας χάριτας Ἀρχ.Δελτ. 11.57 (from Larissa), compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 33, 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 11.153a ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; stupefy, σκορπίους [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Eup.” 2.133 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, to be darkened, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1120e] Refs 1st c.AD+]; to be blinded, σκοτισθήτωσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν [[ LXX.Psa.68(69).24; τῇ διανοίᾳ NT.Eph.4.18 (variant); χολῇ τὰς φρένας 12th c.AD: Tzetzes, Joannes Grammaticus “Historiarum variarum chiliades” 8.929 ] LXX+NT]; to be dizzy, [[ 5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 247b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]