"κνέφας" meaning in Ancient Greek

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          "text": "εἰς ὅ κε νῆας ἐϋσσέλμους ἀφίκηται\nδύῃ τ’ ἠέλιος καὶ ἐπὶ κνέφας ἱερὸν ἔλθῃ\neis hó ke nêas eüssélmous aphíkētai"
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          "ref": "458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 396",
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          "english": "1926 translation by Herbert Weir Smyth\npollution hovers over the man in such darkness",
          "ref": "458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 378",
          "text": "τοῖον [γὰρ] ἐπὶ κνέφας ἀνδρὶ μύσος πεπόταται\ntoîon [gàr] epì knéphas andrì músos pepótatai"
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      "ipa": "/kné.pʰas/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkne.ɸas/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkne.fas/",
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          "text": "εἰς ὅ κε νῆας ἐϋσσέλμους ἀφίκηται\nδύῃ τ’ ἠέλιος καὶ ἐπὶ κνέφας ἱερὸν ἔλθῃ\neis hó ke nêas eüssélmous aphíkētai"
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