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σκι^ά , ᾶς, Ion. σκι^ή , ῆς, ,
2. reflection, image (in a bowl of oil), Sch.Il.17.755.
3. shade of one dead, phantom, Od.10.495, A.Th.992 (lyr.), S.Aj.1257; “σποδόν τε καὶ σκιάνId.El.1159; κατθανὼν δὲ πᾶς ἀνὴρ γῆ καὶ ς. E.Fr.532; “σκιᾷ τινι λόγους ἀνέσπαS.Aj.301; also, of one worn to a shadow, A.Eu.302; κακωθεὶς δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἄλλ᾽ εἰμ᾽ ς. Id.Niob. in Bull.Soc.Alex.No.28p.110; “φωνὴ καὶ ς. γέρων ἀνήρE.Fr.509: freq. in proverbs of man's mortal estate, “σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωποςPi.P.8.95; “εἴδωλον σκιᾶςA.Ag.839, cf. S.Fr.659.6; ὁρῶ γὰρ ἡμᾶς οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν εἴδωλα . . κούφην ς. Id.Aj.126; “ἄνθρωπός ἐστι πνεῦμα καὶ ς. μόνονId.Fr.13; “οὐδέν ἐσμεν πλὴν σκιαῖς ἐοικότεςId.Fr.945; of human affairs, “εὐτυχοῦντα μὲν σκιᾷ τις ἂν πρέψειενA.Ag.1328 (dub.l.); οὐδὲν μᾶλλον καπνοῦ ς. Id.Fr.399; “καπνοῦ σκιὰν δέδοικενCom.Adesp.692; of worthless things, “τἄλλ᾽ ἐγὼ καπνοῦ σκιᾶς οὐκ ἂν πριαίμηνS.Ant. 1170, cf. Ph.946; “καπνοὺς καὶ σκιάςEup.51; “ὅσ᾽ ἂν γένηται ταῦτα πάντ᾽ ὄνου σκιάS.Fr.331; περὶ ὄνου σκιᾶς [μάχεσθαι] Ar.V.191, cf. Pl.Phdr.260c; Archipp. wrote a Com. entitled Ὄνου σκιά; ἐν Δελφοῖς ς. that phantom at Delphi, of the Amphictyonic council, D.5.25; αἱ τοῦ δικαίου ς. mere shadows of . ., Pl.R.517d; σκιαὶ καὶ ἐν ὕδασιν εἰκόνες ib.510e; σκιαὶ τῶν ὄντων, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ εἰδώλων ς. ib.532c; “στιγμὴ ς. τούτωνD.21.115; “ἂν ἔχῃ φίλου σκιάνMen. 554.
4. evil spirit, Hippiatr.130, PMasp.188.5 (vi A.D.).
III. shadow in painting, “τὰ λαμπρὰ τῇ σκιᾷ τρανότερα ποιοῦσιPlu.2.863e, cf. 407a, D.H.Is.4, Longin.17.3; ἀνθρώπων πρῶτος ἐξευρὼν φθορὰν καὶ ἀπόχρωσιν σκιᾶς, of the painter Apollodorus, Plu.2.346a, cf. Hsch.
2. silhouette, profile, “Διόδωρος ς. Ἀντιφίλου ἐποίησενSammelb.344 (Alexandria, ii B.C.).
3. perh. coloured border on a garment, “καλάσηριν ὑπόδυμα μὴ ἔχον σκιάςIG5(1).1390.19, cf. 24 (Andania, i B.C.), cf. Men.561, BGU1141.41,43 (i B.C.).
IV. an uninvited guest, introduced by another (Lat. umbra), Plu.2.707a, Ael.Fr.110. (Cf. Skt. chāyā´ 'shadow'.)
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