σκότ-ιος · skot-ios — LSJ
dark,
of persons, in the dark, in secret, secret, σκότιον δέ ἑ γείνατο μήτηρ, i.e. not in open, lawful wedlock, Il. 6.24; so prob. καὶ θεῶν σκότιοι φθίνουσι παῖδες ἐν θανάτῳ (the Sch. expl. it οἱ μὴ γνήσιοι ὄντες τῶν θεῶν παῖδες), E. Alc. 989 (lyr.); also σ. εὐναί clandestine loves, Id. Ion 860 (lyr.); σ. λέχος, opp. a wedded wife, Id. Tr. 44; λέκτρων σκότια νυμφευτήρια ib. 252; λέχη σ. νυμφεύειν Eub. 67.1; σ. Κύπρις AP 7.51 (Adaeus): rare in Prose, παῖς σ. bastard, Charax 6, cf. Hsch.: metaph., γνώμη
in Crete the boys were called σκότιοι, because they lived in the womenʼs apartment, Sch. E. Alc. 988.
of things, dark, νύξ E. Hec. 68 (anap.), Alc. 269 (lyr.), etc.; θάλαμοι Id. Ph. 1541 (lyr.); ἕδραι, of the nether world, Id. Alc. 125 (lyr.).
metaph., dark, obscure, of dithyrambs, Ar. Av. 1389. Adv. -ίως, μηνύειν, opp. τηλαυγῶς, Ph. 1.659.