Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σκοτομήνιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκοτομήνιος σκοτομήνιον

Structure: σκοτομηνι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from skotomh/nh

Sense

  1. dark and moonless

Examples

  • νὺξ δ’ ἄρ’ ἐπῆλθε κακὴ σκοτομήνιοσ, ὑε͂ δ’ ἄρα Ζεὺσ πάννυχοσ, αὐτὰρ ἀή Ζέφυροσ μέγασ αἰὲν ἔφυδροσ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 14 39:1)

Synonyms

  1. dark and moonless

Similar forms

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

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