Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κατάσκιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κατάσκιος κατάσκιον

Structure: κατασκι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: skia/

Sense

  1. shaded or covered with
  2. overshadowing

Examples

  • ἑώρακα τὴν νύκτα καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ ἐπιβεβηκὼσ ἐπὶ ἵππον πυρρόν, καὶ οὗτοσ εἱστήκει ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν ὀρέων τῶν κατασκίων, καὶ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ἵπποι πυρροὶ καὶ ψαροὶ καὶ ποικίλοι καὶ λευκοί. (Septuagint, Prophetia Zachariae 1:8)
  • οἱᾶ δὲ μεγίστων στρατηγῶν καὶ μέγιστα κατωρθωκότων δάφναισ ἀνεστεμμένασ ἔχοντεσ ὁμοῦ καὶ τὰσ ῥάβδουσ οἱ ὑπηρέται ἀπήντων ἀλλὰ Λεύκολλοσ μὲν ἐκ τόπων χλοερῶν καὶ κατασκίων προσῄει, Πομπήϊοσ δὲ πολλὴν ἄδενδρον καὶ κατεψυγμένην ἔτυχε διεληλυθώσ. (Plutarch, Pompey, chapter 31 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. shaded or covered with

  2. overshadowing

Related

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

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