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ἀχλύω

achluo

to be, grow dark, darken

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What it meant

ἀχλύω · achlyō — LSJ

to be, grow dark

to be or grow dark, ἤχλυσε δὲ πόντος ὑπʼ αὐτῆς (sc. νεφέλης) Od. 12.406; ὄμματα δʼ αὔτως ἤχλυσαν A.R. 3.963.

II darken

trans., darken, Q.S. 1.598, Nonn. D. 4.368, Pancrat. Oxy. 1085.12.

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Where it came from

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