σκῐά, ᾶς,
Ionic dialect σκῐή, ῆς, ἡ,
shadow, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; σκιὰ ἀντίστοιχος ὥς like the
shadow that is one's double, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
reflection, image (in a bowl of oil), [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
3)
shade of one dead,
phantom, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κατθανὼν δὲ πᾶς ἀνὴρ γῆ καὶ σ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, of
one worn to a shadow, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; κακωθεὶς δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἄλλ᾽ εἰμ᾽ ἢ σ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently in proverbs of man's mortal estate, σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁρῶ γὰρ ἡμᾶς οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν εἴδωλα. ἢ κούφην σ. [
Refs]; of human affairs, εὐτυχοῦντα μὲν σκιᾷ τις ἂν πρέψειεν [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν μᾶλλον ἢ καπνοῦ σ. [
Refs]; of worthless things, τἄλλ᾽ ἐγὼ καπνοῦ σκιᾶς οὐκ ἂν πριαίμην [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ ὄνου σκιᾶς [μάχεσθαι] [
Refs 5th c.BC+] wrote a Comedy texts entitled Ὄνου σκι; ἡ ἐν Δελφοῖς σ. that
phantom at Delphi, of the Amphictyonic council, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἱ τοῦ δικαίου σ.
mere shadows of, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; σκιαὶ τῶν ὄντων, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ εἰδώλων σ[
Refs 4th c.BC+]
4)
evil spirit, [
Refs 6th c.AD+]
II)
shade of trees, etc, as a protection from heat, πετραίη τε σκιή the
shade of a rock, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν σκιῇ ἑζόμενος[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν σκιᾷ, i.e. indoors, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; σκιὰν ὑπερτείνασα Σειρίου κυνός
shade from its heat, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III)
shadow in painting, τὰ λαμπρὰ τῇ σκιᾷ τρανότερα ποιοῦσι [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἀνθρώπων πρῶτος ἐξευρὼν φθορὰν καὶ ἀπόχρωσιν σκιᾶς, of the painter Apollodorus, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
III.2)
silhouette, profile, Διόδωρος σ. Ἀντιφίλου ἐποίησεν [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
III.3) perhaps
coloured border on a garment, καλάσηριν ἢ ὑπόδυμα μὴ ἔχον σκιάς [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV)
an uninvited guest, introduced by another (Latin
umbra), [
Refs 1st c.AD+]. (Cf. Sanskrit
chāyā´ 'shadow'.)