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κνέφα^ς , τό, Att. gen.
A.κνέφουςAr.Ec.290, Com.Adesp.35, later “κνέφατοςPlb.8.26.10; dat. “κνέφᾳX.HG7.1.15, “κνέφεϊAP7.633 (Crin.), as if from κνέφος , cited by Hsch., Suid., Phot.: (cf. δνόφος):—darkness, Hom. (only in nom. and acc.), of the evening dusk, twilight, “εἰς κε . . δύῃ τ᾽ ἠέλιος καὶ ἐπὶ κ. ἱερὸν ἔλθῃIl.11.194, 209: later, generally, darkness, “δυσάλιον κ.A.Eu.396 (lyr.); “νυκτόςId.Pers.357, cf. E.Ba.510, etc.; “τὸ κατὰ γᾶς κ.Id.Hipp.836 (lyr.): metaph., “τοῖον ἐπὶ κ. ἀνδρὶ μύσος πεπόταταιA.Eu.378 (lyr.).
2. morning twilight, “πρῲ πάνυ τοῦ κνέφουςAr.Ec.290; ἅμα κνέφᾳ at dawn, X.l.c., Cyr.4.2.15.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Aeschylus, Eumenides, 378
    • Aeschylus, Eumenides, 396
    • Aeschylus, Persians, 357
    • Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, 290
    • Euripides, Bacchae, 510
    • Euripides, Hippolytus, 836
    • Homer, Iliad, 11.194
    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 7.1.15
    • Polybius, Histories, 8.26.10
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