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σκότος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκότος σκότου

Structure: σκοτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. darkness, gloom
  2. blindness
  3. (figuratively) obscurity
  4. (of a person) the mystery, ignorance, deceit
  5. the dark part or shadow in a picture

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐν σκότῳ γοῦν πλανωμένοισ πάντεσ ἐοίκαμεν, μᾶλλον δὲ τυφλοῖσ ὅμοια πέπονθαμεν, τῷ μὲν προσπταίοντεσ ἀλόγωσ, τὸ δὲ ὑπερβαίνοντεσ, οὐδὲν δέον, καὶ τὸ μὲν πλησίον καὶ παρὰ πόδασ οὐχ ὁρῶντεσ, τὸ δὲ πόρρω καὶ πάμπολυ διεστηκὸσ ὡσ ἐνοχλοῦν δεδιότεσ· (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 1:2)
  • ἀλλὰ τούτων ἁπάντων αἴτιον, ὅπερ ἐν ἀρχῇ ἔφημεν, ἡ ἄγνοια καὶ τὸ ἐν σκότῳ που εἶναι τὸν ἑκάστου τρόπον ὡσ εἴ γε θεῶν τισ ἀποκαλύψειεν ἡμῶν τοὺσ βίουσ, οἴχοιτο ἂν φεύγουσα ἐσ τὸ βάραθρον ἡ διαβολὴ χώραν οὐκ ἔχουσα, ὡσ ἂν πεφωτισμένων τῶν πραγμάτων ὑπὸ τῆσ ἀληθείασ. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 31:5)
  • ὁ δ’ αὐτὸσ υἱὸν πενθοῦντι καὶ ἐν σκότῳ ἑαυτὸν καθείρξαντι προσελθὼν ἔλεγεν μάγοσ τε εἶναι καὶ δύνασθαι αὐτῷ ἀναγαγεῖν τοῦ παιδὸσ τὸ εἴδωλον, εἰ μόνον αὐτῷ τρεῖσ τινασ ἀνθρώπουσ ὀνομάσειε μηδένα πώποτε πεπενθηκότασ· (Lucian, (no name) 25:1)
  • καθάπερ γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι σφάλλονται καὶ διολισθάνουσιν ἐν τῷ σκότῳ, οὕτω δὴ κἀγώ σοι ἔμπαλιν ἀμβλυώττω πρὸσ τὸ φῶσ. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 1:15)
  • ἀφανῆ γὰρ ἄμφω καὶ ὑπὸ τῷ αὐτῷ σκότῳ καταδεδυκότα. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 22:5)

Synonyms

  1. darkness

  2. blindness

  3. obscurity

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