σκότος, ὁ,
more rarely σκότος, εος, τό (see. entry near the end), darkness, gloom, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.389, 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 121.4, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 142, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to φάος, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 319 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 417, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἡμέρα, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Definitiones” 411b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” ] Refs 8th c.BC+] always of the darkness of death, mostly in phrase τὸν δὲ σ. ὄσσε κάλυψεν [[ 4.461, +others; στυγερὸς δ᾽ ἄρα μιν σ. εἷλεν 5.47, 13.672 ] Refs]; so in Trag. and Comedy texts, σκότῳ θανεῖν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 837 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἤδη με περιβάλλει σ. [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 1453; σ. γίγνεται 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 40 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σκότον εἶναι τεθνηκότος (i.e. Αἰσχύλου) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 643. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 of the nether world, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 130; σκότον νέμονται Τάρταρόν τε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 72, compare “Pers.” 223; τὸν ἀεὶ κατὰ γᾶς σ. εἱμένος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1701 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; παῖδες ἀρχαίου Σκότου[[ [prev. work] 106; ἰὼ σ., ἐμὸν φάος [prev. author] “Aj.” 394 (Lyric poetry); γῆς σκότῳ κέκρυπται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 62; σκότου πύλαι [prev. author] “Hec.” 1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 the darkness of the womb, φυγόντα μητρόθεν σκότον [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 664: _plural_, ἐν σκότοισι νηδύος τεθραμμένη [prev. author] “Eu.” 665. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]