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σκῐάζω

skiazo

with long ash

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What it meant

1. σκιάζω · skiazō — Beekes

σκιάζω; on δολιχό-σκιος, see δολιχός (acc. to a different interpretation, it means ‘with long ash’, see Treu 1955: 119f.). *DER 1. σκιάς, -άδος [f.] ‘shade roof, tent-roof, pavilion’, also name of a θόλος in Athens, etc, (Eup., Theoc., Att. inscr.). 2. σκιάδιον [n.] ‘sunscreen’ (com., Thphr.). 3. -ioxn [{ ‘id’ (Anacr.). 4. oxi-atva [f.] (Arist.), -atvic [f.] (Gal; ν.1. oxtvic), -αδεύς [m.] (Hell. and late) fish name … — [Beekes, s.v. σκιάζω, p. 1402]

2. σκῐάζω · skiazō — LSJ

overshadow, shade, darken, cast a shadow, marks, by its shadow, to be in shadow

overshadow, shade, darken, εἰς ὅ κεν ἔλθῃ δείελος ὀψὲ δύων σκιάσῃ δʼ ἐρίβωλον ἄρουραν Il. 21.232; Ἄθως σκιάζει νῶτα Λημνίας βοός S. Fr. 776; σ. τὰ ἡλιούμενα X. Oec. 19.18; σ. ἔθειραν, with a chaplet, Simon. 148.4, cf. Semon. 7.66; φάρεα . . περιβαλλομένα γένυσιν ἐσκίαζον E. IT 1151 (lyr.), cf. Hipp. 134 (lyr.): metaph., εὐθυμίᾳ σκιαζέτω νόημʼ ἄκοτον Pi. Pae. 1.2: abs., of the sun, cast a shadow, Arist. Mete. 374b3; of the sun-dial, ὁ γνώμων σκιάζει τὴν ἕκτην marks it by its shadow, Alciphr. 3.4:

II overshadow, cover

generally, overshadow, cover, κατὰ δʼ ἐσκίασαν βελέεσσι Τιτῆνας Hes. Th. 716; τὸ γένειον τὴν ἀσπίδα πᾶσαν σ. Hdt. 6.117; σκιάσαι γένυν εὔξατο, i.e. prayed for a beard, AP 12.26 (Stat. Flacc.):—Pass., ἐπεὶ δὲ τέκνων γένυς ἐμῶν σ. E. Ph. 63.

III shade

shade in painting, Luc. Zeux. 5: metaph., Lib. Or. 13.17.

IV keep off

καῦμα σ. keep off the sunʼs heat, Alciphr. 3.12.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. σκῐάζω (scan p. 1402; entry #5587).

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