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συσκοτάζω

συσκοτάζω, to grow quite dark

συσκοτ-άζω,
  • make dark, τὰ ἄστρα LXX Ez. 32.7; ἡμέραν εἰς νύκτα σ. ib. Am. 5.8.
    • II intr., grow quite dark, ὁ οὐρανὸς σ. νεφέλαις ib. 3 Ki. 18.45, cf. Jl. 3.15, al.:—but,
      • 2 in early writers, always impers., ξυσκοτάζει (sc. ὁ θεός) it grows dark, Th. 1.51, 7.73, cf. X. Cyr. 7.5.15, etc.; ἤδη συσκοτάζοντος (sc. τοῦ θεοῦ) when it was now getting dark, Lys. Fr. 75.4, cf. Diocl. Fr. 141; συσκοτάζοντος ἄρτι τοῦ θεοῦ Plb. 31.13.9.

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