The corpus record

σκοτ-αῖος

skotaios

in the dark

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Where it lives

Anabasis 3 · 0.53/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

σκοτ-αῖος · skot-aios — LSJ

in the dark

in the dark, joined with a Verb, of persons,

before morning, ἐλείπετο τῆς νυκτὸς ὅσον σκοταίους διελθεῖν τὸ πεδίον X. An. 4.1.5, cf. 10; ἔτι σ. παρῆλθεν Id. HG 4.5.18; or,

after nightfall, ἤδη σ. ἀναγαγών Id. Cyr. 7.1.45; σκοταῖοι προσιόντες Id. An. 2.2.17: cf. κνεφαῖος.

II dark, in the dark

of things, dark, χωρίον Hp. Mul. 1.11; νύξ D.S. l.c.; ἐνέδραι in the dark, Plu. l.c.

In the wild

σκοταῖοι · skotaioi Xenophon, Anabasis 2.2.17 (DIORISIS sentence 742)
σκοταῖοι · skotaioi Xenophon, Anabasis 4.1.10 (DIORISIS sentence 1500)
σκοταίους · skotaious Xenophon, Anabasis 4.1.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1489)
σκοταῖος · skotaios Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.1.45 (DIORISIS sentence 3651)
σκοταῖος · skotaios Xenophon, Hellenica 4.5.18 (DIORISIS sentence 1646)

Where it came from

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