σκοτεινός

A. dark, νυκτὸς ἅρμ’ ἐπείγεται ς. A. Ch. 661; ς. τῶν ἐνερτέρων βέλος ib.285; ς. περιβολαί, of a scabbard, E. Ph. 276; [ὁδοί] X. Cyn. 6.5; τὰ ς. θεάσασθαι Pl. R. 520c; ἀνὰ τὸ ς. προϊδεῖν in the darkness, Th. 3.22; of a person, blind, καίπερ ς. S. OT 1326; ς. ὄμμα E. Alc. 385; τὰ ς. the dark shadows in a picture, X. Mem. 3.10.1, Plu. 2.57c: neut. as Adv., σκοτεινὸν ζῆν to live in privacy, Pl. Lg. 781c.

II. metaph., dark, obscure, opp. ἐλλόγιμος καὶ φανός, Id. Smp. 197a; τόπος ς. καὶ δυσδιερεύνητος Id. R. 432c; Heraclitus was called ὁ σκοτεινός, Arist. Mu. 396b20, Cic. Fin. 2.5.15; ς. προοίμιον Aeschin. 2.34; ς. ἀκοαί obscure reports, Pl. Criti. 109e; ς. μηχανήματα dark, secret, E. Fr. 288; ὁρκάναι Id. Ba. 611; σκοτεινὸς ὀργήν Trag.Adesp. 345, cf. Procop. Arc. 1. Adv., ‐νῶς διαλέγεσθαι Pl. R. 558d, cf. D.H. Th. 32.

III. prob. f.l. for κοτ‐ in Pi. N. 7.61.