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ἐπισκότησις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπισκότησις ἐπισκότησεως

Structure: ἐπισκοτησι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from e)piskote/w

Sense

  1. a darkening, obscurity

Examples

  • βουλόμενοι γὰρ περιγενέσθαι Φιλίππου καὶ ταπεινῶσαι Μακεδόνασ, λελήθασιν αὑτοῖσ ἐπισπασάμενοι τηλικοῦτο νέφοσ ἀπὸ τῆσ ἑσπέρασ, ὃ κατὰ μὲν τὸ παρὸν ἴσωσ πρώτοισ ἐπισκοτήσει Μακεδόσι, κατὰ δὲ τὸ συνεχὲσ πᾶσιν ἔσται τοῖσ Ἕλλησι μεγάλων κακῶν αἴτιον. (Polybius, Histories, book 9, chapter 37 10:1)

Synonyms

  1. a darkening

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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