A.throw a shadow over, “οἰκίαν ᾠκοδόμησεντος αύτην ὥστε πᾶσιν ἐπισκοτεῖν τοῖς ἐν τῷ τόπῳ” D.21.158; ἐ. τινὶ τῆς θέας to be in the way of his seeing, Pl.Euthd.274c, cf. Plu.2.538e; τῷ βωμῷ Judeich Alterlümervon Hierapolis 339: abs., Plb.24.4, Polyaen.8.23.2; form a roof, Hero Aut.28.2.
2.. metaph., throw darkness or obscurity over, “τῇ κρίσει” Sor.Vit.Hippocr.13, Arist. Rh.1354b11; “ταῖς τῆς ψυχῆς ἐπιμελείαις” Isoc.1.6; τὸ πρὸς χάριν ῥηθὲν ἐ. “τῷ καθορᾶν” Id.8.10, cf. D.2.20; “οἶνος τῷ φρονεῖν ἐπισκοτεῖ” Eub.135 = Ophelio 4; “ἐ. γὰρ τῷ φρονεῖν τὸ λαμβάνειν” Antiph.250; τὸ δ᾽ ἐρᾶν ἐ. “ἅπασιν, ὡς ἔοικε” Men.48; “ἡ ὀργὴ ἐ. τοῖς λογισμοῖς” Phld.Ir.p.78 W.:— Pass., to be in the dark or in uncertainty, “ἐπισκοτεόμενος τῇ ἀπειρίῃ” Hp. Praec.8; “ἐπισκοτεῖσθαι καὶ κωλύεσθαι” Plb.2.39.12; to be obscured, ὑπό τινος Id.12.25d.7; to be blinded, “τὰς ὄψεις ὑπὸ θεοῦ” J.AJ9.4.3, cf.Ph. 2.62.
