σκότιος

A. dark,

I. 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 ς., of sense-perception, opp. γνησίη, Democr. 11.

2. in Crete the boys were called σκότιοι, because they lived in the women's apartment, Sch.E. Alc. 988.

II. 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.).

2. metaph., dark, obscure, of dithyrambs, Ar. Av. 1389. Adv. ‐ίως, μηνύειν, opp. τηλαυγῶς, Ph. 1.659.