A.make dark, “τὸν θεὸν τὸν φωτίζοντα καὶ σκοτίζοντα τὸν κόσμον” Tab.Defix.Aud.242.13 (Carthage, iii A.D.); get in the light of, “ἐνέργειαν” Gal.18(2).698: metaph., “λαβὼν δισσὰς ἐσκότισας χάριτας Ἀρχ.Δελτ.” 11.57 (Larissa), cf. D.H.Th.33, Them.Or.11.153a; stupefy, “σκορπίους” Dsc.Eup.2.133:—Pass., to be darkened, Plu.2.1120e; to be blinded, “σκοτισθήτωσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν” LXX Ps.68(69).24; “τῇ διανοίᾳ” Ep.Eph.4.18 (v.l.); “χολῇ τὰς φρένας” Tz.H.8.929; to be dizzy, Aesop.247b.
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