The corpus record

σκοτ-όω

skotoo

darken, blind

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Where it lives

Ephesians 1 · 4.15/10k
Revelation 2 · 2.02/10k
Job 2 · 1.5/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Jeremias 2 · 0.72/10k
Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k
Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k
Republic 2 · 0.23/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

σκοτ-όω · skot-oō — LSJ

darken, blind, stupefy, make dizzy, to be in darkness, suffer from vertigo, stupefied

darken, blind, σκοτώσω βλέφαρα καὶ δεδορκότα S. Aj. 85; stupefy, Sor. 1.125 (Act. and Pass.); make dizzy, τὰς ὄψεις Ph.Byz. Mir. 2.5: metaph., Ep.Eph. 4.18:—Pass., to be in darkness, suffer from vertigo, like σκοτοδινιάω, Pl. R. 518a, Prt. 339e, Tht. 209e, Thphr. Vert. 7, Plb. 10.13.8; ἕλμινθες -ωθεῖσαι stupefied, Herod.Med. ap. Aët. 9.37, cf. Gal. 16.657.

In the wild

σκοτωθῇ · skotōthēi Epictetus, Discourses 3.3 (DIORISIS sentence 3980)
ἐσκοτωμένοι · eskotōmenoi New Testament, Ephesians 4.17 (DIORISIS sentence 36)
ἐσκοτωμένη · eskotōmenē New Testament, Revelation 16.10 (DIORISIS sentence 307)
ἐσκοτώθη · eskotōthē New Testament, Revelation 9.2 (DIORISIS sentence 155)
ἐσκοτώθην · eskotōthēn Plato, Protagoras 339
ἐσκοτῶσθαι · eskotōsthai Plato, Republic 6.505 (DIORISIS sentence 4025)

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