σκοτ-όω,
darken, blind, σκοτώσω βλέφαρα καὶ δεδορκότα [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 85 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; stupefy, [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.125 (_active_ and _passive_)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; make dizzy, τὰς ὄψεις [[ Philo Byzantius Paradoxographus “de Septem Miraculis” 2.5: _metaphorically_, NT.Eph.4.18 ] NT]:—passive, to be in darkness, suffer from vertigo, like{σκοτοδινιάω}, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 518a, “Prt.” 339e, “Tht.” 209e, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Vertigine” 7, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.13.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕλμινθες -ωθεῖσαι stupefied, [[ 1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus cited in 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 9.37, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.657. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]