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shade

shade
subs.
P. and V. σκιά, ἡ.
Darkness, gloom:
P. and V. σκότος, ὁ or τό , see darkness.
Covering:
P. στέγασμα, τό.
Phantom:
P. and V. φάσμᾰ, τό, εἴδωλον, τό, εἰκών, ἡ. φάντασμα, τό, V. σκιά, ἡ, ὄψῐς, ἡ, δόκησις, ἡ.
The shades, the under-world:
P. and V. οἱ κά̆τω, οἱ κά̆τωθεν, V. οἱ νέρτεροι, οἱ ἐνέρτεροι, οἱ κᾰτὰ̆ χθονός ; see dead.
The land of shades:
P. and V. ᾍδης, ὁ.
In the shade,
adj.: P. ἐπίσκιος, V. κᾰτάσκιος ; see shady.
Throw into the shade, eclipse,
v.: Met., P. and V. ὑ̆περφέρειν (gen.), προὔχειν (gen.); see surpass.
Bring down, humble:
P. and V. κᾰθαιρεῖν.
shade
v. trans.
Overshadow:
P. and V. συσκιάζειν, P. ἐπισκοτεῖν (dat.), V. σκιάζειν, σκοτοῦν (pass. used in Plat.).
(We saw) the king himself holding his hand before his face to shade his eyes: ἄνακτα δʼ αὐτὸν ὀμμάτων ἐπίσκιον χεῖρʼ ἀντέχοντα κρατός (Soph. O.C. 1650).

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