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ἀχλῠό-εις

achluoeis

dark, gloomy, dismal

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What it meant

ἀχλῠό-εις · achlyo-eis — LSJ

dark, gloomy, dismal, darkened, cloudy

dark, gloomy, dismal, δεσμός Epigr. ap. Hdt. 5.77; darkened, καπνῷ ἀ. αἰθὴρ πέλεν A.R. 4.927, cf. Arat. 908, Nonn. D. 9.65, al.; of colour, ἰχώρ Opp. H. 3.163; cloudy, of urine, Ruf. Fr. 79.26.

2 secret

secret, γάμος Musae. 3.

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