The corpus record

ζοφ-ερός

zopheros

dusky, gloomy

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Where it lives

Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k

What it meant — LSJ

dusky, gloomy, misty

dusky, gloomy, Χάος Hes. Th. 814; οἴκημα Hp. Acut.(Sp.) 18 (8), cf. Hierocl. p.33A.; opp. λαμπρός, of the air, misty, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.140, cf. Luc. Nigr. 4; τὴν θάλασσαν ζοφερὰν διαφαίνεσθαι Arist. Mir. 843a25; τὸ ζοφερόν Hp. Virg. 1, Arist. de An. 426b2.

metaph., ζ. φροντίδες AP 5.296.8 (Agath.).

In the wild

ζοφεροῖο · zopheroio Theogony 813–814

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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