συσκοτ-άζω,
make dark, τὰ ἄστρα [[ LXX.Eze.32.7 ] LXX]; ἡμέραν εἰς νύκτα σ.[[[prev. work = 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “Protrepticus”] LXX.Amos.5.8. ] LXX+4th c.AD+]
__II intransitive, grow quite dark, ὁ οὐρανὸς σ. νεφέλαις[[LXX.1Ki.18.45, cf. LXX.Joel.3.15, +others:—but, ] LXX]
__II.2 in early writers, always impersonal, ξυσκοτάζει (i.e. ὁ θεός) it grows dark, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.51, 7.73, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.15, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἤδη συσκοτάζοντος (i.e. τοῦ θεοῦ) when it was now getting dark, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 75.4, cf. Diocl.fragment 141; συσκοτάζοντος ἄρτι τοῦ θεοῦ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 31.13.9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]