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1 Obscure
adj.Without light: P. and V. σκοτεινός, P. σκοτώδης, V. ἀμαυρός, λυγαῖος, κνεφαῖος, ὀρφναῖος, δναφώδης, ἀνήλιος, ἀφεγγής, ἀναύγητος.In shadow: P. ἐπίσκιος (Plat.).Hard to understand: P. and V. ἀσαφής, ἄδηλος, ποικίλος, αἰνιγματώδης, V. δυσμαθής, ἀσύνετος, ἄσημος, ἄσκοπος, ἀξύμβλητος, αἰολόστομος, ἐπάργεμος, δυστόπαστος, δυστέκμαρτος, δυσεύρετος, ψελλός, αἰνικτός, Ar. and P. ἀτέκμαρτος; see Unintelligible.An obscure rumour: V. ἀμαυρὸς κληδών, ἡ.Inglorious: P. and V. ἄτιμος, ἀδόκιμος, ἀφανής, ἀκλεής, ἀνώνυμος, P. ἄδοξος, V. δυσκλεής (also Xen.), ἄσημος.——————v. trans.Cast a shadow over: P. ἐπισκοτεῖν (dat.), V. σκιάζειν (acc.), σκοτοῦν (acc.) (pass. used in Plat.).Make unintelligible, confuse: P. and V. συγχεῖν.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Obscure
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2 sundial
noun (a device, usually in a garden, for telling time from the shadow of a rod or plate on its surface cast by the sun.) ηλιακό ρολόι -
3 Darken
v. trans.Blacken: P. and V. μελαίνειν.Cast shadow over: P. ἐπισκοτεῖν (dat.), V. σκιάζειν (acc.), σκοτοῦν (acc.) (pass. used in Plat.), P. and V. συσκιάζειν.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Darken
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