"σκότος" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /skó.tos/, /ˈsko.tos/, /ˈsko.tos/, /skó.tos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈsko.tos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈsko.tos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈsko.tos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈsko.tos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *skh₃tos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“shadow, darkness”). Cognates include Old Irish scáth, Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra, “umbrella”), and Old English sceadu (English shadow). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|ine-pro||*skh₃tos}} Proto-Indo-European *skh₃tos, {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*(s)ḱeh₃-|t=shadow, darkness}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“shadow, darkness”), {{cog|sga|scáth}} Old Irish scáth, {{cog|sa|छत्त्र||umbrella}} Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra, “umbrella”), {{cog|ang|sceadu}} Old English sceadu, {{cog|en|shadow}} English shadow Head templates: {{grc-noun|σκότου|m|second}} σκότος • (skótos) m (genitive σκότου); second declension, {{grc-noun|σκότους|n|third}} σκότος • (skótos) n (genitive σκότους); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|σκότος|ου}}, {{grc-decl|σκότος|ους}} Forms: skótos [romanization], σκότου [genitive], skótos [romanization], σκότους [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ σκότος [nominative, singular], τὼ σκότω [dual, nominative], οἱ σκότοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ σκότου [genitive, singular], τοῖν σκότοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν σκότων [genitive, plural], τῷ σκότῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν σκότοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς σκότοις [dative, plural], τὸν σκότον [accusative, singular], τὼ σκότω [accusative, dual], τοὺς σκότους [accusative, plural], σκότε [singular, vocative], σκότω [dual, vocative], σκότοι [plural, vocative], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ σκότος [nominative, singular], τὼ σκότει [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ σκότη [nominative, plural], τοῦ σκότους [genitive, singular], τοῖν σκοτοῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν σκοτῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ σκότει [dative, singular], τοῖν σκοτοῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς σκότεσῐ [dative, plural], σκότεσῐν [dative, plural], toîs skótesi [dative, plural], toîs skótesin [dative, plural], τὸ σκότος [accusative, singular], τὼ σκότει [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ σκότη [accusative, plural], σκότος [singular, vocative], σκότει [dual, vocative], σκότη [plural, vocative]
  1. darkness, gloom
    the darkness of death
    Sense id: en-σκότος-grc-noun-DJBfbziy
  2. darkness, gloom
    the darkness of the netherworld
    Sense id: en-σκότος-grc-noun-qOe6WLzC Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 12 36 12 12 7 7 8 6 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 12 33 12 12 7 7 6 11 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 12 32 12 12 7 7 6 11 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 13 34 13 13 8 8 7 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 26 16 15 6 6 11 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 47 12 12 5 5 4 4
  3. darkness, gloom
    the darkness of the womb
    Sense id: en-σκότος-grc-noun-J9eUv1vK
  4. darkness, gloom
    Sense id: en-σκότος-grc-noun-QcLPw6Hn
  5. blindness
    Sense id: en-σκότος-grc-noun-4zVxaFWT
  6. (figuratively) obscurity Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-σκότος-grc-noun-uIiJDmnd
  7. (of a person) the mystery, ignorance, deceit
    Sense id: en-σκότος-grc-noun-pMswYYTN
  8. the dark part or shadow in a picture
    Sense id: en-σκότος-grc-noun-lnFt99cj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: σκοτεινός (skoteinós), σκοτάζω (skotázō)
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "pháos",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “darkness”",
      "word": "φᾰ́ος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hēmérā",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “darkness”",
      "word": "ἡμέρᾱ"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "skoteinós",
      "word": "σκοτεινός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "skotázō",
      "word": "σκοτάζω"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "scoto-",
            "3": "skoto-"
          },
          "expansion": "English: scoto-, skoto-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: scoto-, skoto-"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*skh₃tos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *skh₃tos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)ḱeh₃-",
        "t": "shadow, darkness"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“shadow, darkness”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "scáth"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish scáth",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "छत्त्र",
        "3": "",
        "4": "umbrella"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra, “umbrella”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "sceadu"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sceadu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "shadow"
      },
      "expansion": "English shadow",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *skh₃tos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“shadow, darkness”). Cognates include Old Irish scáth, Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra, “umbrella”), and Old English sceadu (English shadow).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "skótos",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκότου",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skótos",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκότους",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ σκότος",
      "roman": "ho skótos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ σκότω",
      "roman": "tṑ skótō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ σκότοι",
      "roman": "hoi skótoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ σκότου",
      "roman": "toû skótou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν σκότοιν",
      "roman": "toîn skótoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν σκότων",
      "roman": "tôn skótōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ σκότῳ",
      "roman": "tôi skótōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν σκότοιν",
      "roman": "toîn skótoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς σκότοις",
      "roman": "toîs skótois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν σκότον",
      "roman": "tòn skóton",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ σκότω",
      "roman": "tṑ skótō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς σκότους",
      "roman": "toùs skótous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκότε",
      "roman": "skóte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκότω",
      "roman": "skótō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκότοι",
      "roman": "skótoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ σκότος",
      "roman": "tò skótos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ σκότει",
      "roman": "tṑ skótei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ σκότη",
      "roman": "tà skótē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ σκότους",
      "roman": "toû skótous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν σκοτοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn skotoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν σκοτῶν",
      "roman": "tôn skotôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ σκότει",
      "roman": "tôi skótei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν σκοτοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn skotoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς σκότεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκότεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs skótesi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs skótesin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ σκότος",
      "roman": "tò skótos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ σκότει",
      "roman": "tṑ skótei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ σκότη",
      "roman": "tà skótē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκότος",
      "roman": "skótos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκότει",
      "roman": "skótei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκότη",
      "roman": "skótē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σκότου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "σκότος • (skótos) m (genitive σκότου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σκότους",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "σκότος • (skótos) n (genitive σκότους); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σκότος",
        "2": "ου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σκότος",
        "2": "ους"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 4.461"
        },
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 6.11"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "darkness, gloom",
        "the darkness of death"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "id": "en-σκότος-grc-noun-DJBfbziy",
      "links": [
        [
          "darkness",
          "darkness"
        ],
        [
          "gloom",
          "gloom"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 36 12 12 7 7 8 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 33 12 12 7 7 6 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 32 12 12 7 7 6 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 34 13 13 8 8 7 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 26 16 15 6 6 11 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 47 12 12 5 5 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Fragments 95"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "darkness, gloom",
        "the darkness of the netherworld"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "id": "en-σκότος-grc-noun-qOe6WLzC",
      "links": [
        [
          "darkness",
          "darkness"
        ],
        [
          "gloom",
          "gloom"
        ],
        [
          "netherworld",
          "netherworld"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 664"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "darkness, gloom",
        "the darkness of the womb"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "id": "en-σκότος-grc-noun-J9eUv1vK",
      "links": [
        [
          "darkness",
          "darkness"
        ],
        [
          "gloom",
          "gloom"
        ],
        [
          "womb",
          "womb"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 19.389"
        },
        {
          "text": "458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 817"
        },
        {
          "text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 395"
        },
        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Definitions 411B"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "darkness, gloom"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "id": "en-σκότος-grc-noun-QcLPw6Hn",
      "links": [
        [
          "darkness",
          "darkness"
        ],
        [
          "gloom",
          "gloom"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1313"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blindness"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "id": "en-σκότος-grc-noun-4zVxaFWT",
      "links": [
        [
          "blindness",
          "blindness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 1396"
        },
        {
          "text": "522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Fragments 171.5"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "obscurity"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "id": "en-σκότος-grc-noun-uIiJDmnd",
      "links": [
        [
          "obscurity",
          "obscurity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) obscurity"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "600 BCE – 500 BCE, Hipponax, Fragments 112"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 411.25"
        },
        {
          "ref": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 864",
          "text": "(C)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the mystery, ignorance, deceit"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "id": "en-σκότος-grc-noun-pMswYYTN",
      "links": [
        [
          "mystery",
          "mystery"
        ],
        [
          "ignorance",
          "ignorance"
        ],
        [
          "deceit",
          "deceit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a person) the mystery, ignorance, deceit"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Eustathius 953.51"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the dark part or shadow in a picture"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "id": "en-σκότος-grc-noun-lnFt99cj",
      "links": [
        [
          "shadow",
          "shadow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/skó.tos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsko.tos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsko.tos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skó.tos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsko.tos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsko.tos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsko.tos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsko.tos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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}
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    {
      "roman": "pháos",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “darkness”",
      "word": "φᾰ́ος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hēmérā",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “darkness”",
      "word": "ἡμέρᾱ"
    }
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      "roman": "skoteinós",
      "word": "σκοτεινός"
    },
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      "roman": "skotázō",
      "word": "σκοτάζω"
    }
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    }
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)ḱeh₃-",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish scáth",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "छत्त्र",
        "3": "",
        "4": "umbrella"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "sceadu"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "shadow"
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    }
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      "form": "skótos",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκότου",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "skótos",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "σκότους",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ σκότος",
      "roman": "ho skótos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ σκότω",
      "roman": "tṑ skótō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ σκότοι",
      "roman": "hoi skótoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ σκότου",
      "roman": "toû skótou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν σκότοιν",
      "roman": "toîn skótoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν σκότων",
      "roman": "tôn skótōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ σκότῳ",
      "roman": "tôi skótōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν σκότοιν",
      "roman": "toîn skótoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς σκότοις",
      "roman": "toîs skótois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν σκότον",
      "roman": "tòn skóton",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ σκότω",
      "roman": "tṑ skótō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς σκότους",
      "roman": "toùs skótous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκότε",
      "roman": "skóte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκότω",
      "roman": "skótō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκότοι",
      "roman": "skótoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ σκότος",
      "roman": "tò skótos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ σκότει",
      "roman": "tṑ skótei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ σκότη",
      "roman": "tà skótē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ σκότους",
      "roman": "toû skótous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν σκοτοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn skotoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν σκοτῶν",
      "roman": "tôn skotôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ σκότει",
      "roman": "tôi skótei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν σκοτοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn skotoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς σκότεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκότεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs skótesi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs skótesin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ σκότος",
      "roman": "tò skótos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ σκότει",
      "roman": "tṑ skótei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ σκότη",
      "roman": "tà skótē",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "roman": "skótos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκότει",
      "roman": "skótei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκότη",
      "roman": "skótē",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 4.461"
        },
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 6.11"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "darkness, gloom",
        "the darkness of death"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
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        [
          "darkness",
          "darkness"
        ],
        [
          "gloom",
          "gloom"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Fragments 95"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "darkness, gloom",
        "the darkness of the netherworld"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "darkness",
          "darkness"
        ],
        [
          "gloom",
          "gloom"
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          "netherworld",
          "netherworld"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 664"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "darkness, gloom",
        "the darkness of the womb"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
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        [
          "darkness",
          "darkness"
        ],
        [
          "gloom",
          "gloom"
        ],
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          "womb",
          "womb"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 19.389"
        },
        {
          "text": "458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 817"
        },
        {
          "text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 395"
        },
        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Definitions 411B"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "darkness, gloom"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
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          "darkness",
          "darkness"
        ],
        [
          "gloom",
          "gloom"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1313"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blindness"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "blindness",
          "blindness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 1396"
        },
        {
          "text": "522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Fragments 171.5"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "obscurity"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "obscurity",
          "obscurity"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) obscurity"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "600 BCE – 500 BCE, Hipponax, Fragments 112"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 411.25"
        },
        {
          "ref": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 864",
          "text": "(C)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the mystery, ignorance, deceit"
      ],
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          "mystery",
          "mystery"
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        [
          "ignorance",
          "ignorance"
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          "deceit"
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        "(of a person) the mystery, ignorance, deceit"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Eustathius 953.51"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the dark part or shadow in a picture"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "shadow",
          "shadow"
        ]
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/skó.tos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsko.tos/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈsko.tos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skó.tos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsko.tos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsko.tos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsko.tos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsko.tos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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}

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