συσκῐ-άζω,
shade quite over, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 613; σκηναὶ σ. τοὺς περιπάτους 4th c.BC: Moschio Tragicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 5.207e ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; σ. γένυν, i.e. to get a beard, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1219:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, συσκιασθεῖσα κεφαλή, opposed to ψιλή, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 75e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, throw into obscurity, συγκρύψαι καὶ σ. τὰς ἁμαρτίας [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 11.13, compare 2.20 (variant); τὰ τῆς φύσεως ἀπόρρητα 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.635 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of events, overshadow, ὁ.. πόλεμος σ. τὸ περὶ τὴν γυναῖκα πάθος [[ 4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - HGM” p.254 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator:] Refs 4th c.BC+] — passive, φράσις συνεσκιασμένη obscure, [[ 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “in Ptolemaei Tetrabiblon” 181 “Prooem.” ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; εἰ μὴ ἀπάτῃ συσκιάζεσθε are not under the shadow of a delusion, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II intransitive, ἄγκος.. πεύκαισι συσκιάζον a vale with pines thick-shading, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1052; [ἡ σελήνη] συνεσκίασε καὶ ἀπέκρυψε νεφῶν συνελθόντων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aratus” 22. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]