Ἠλύγη
shade
Translated by Catharine Roth16 Aug 2006Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] darkness. Also [sc. attested is] h)lugisme/non ["shaded"],1 [meaning] that which is in shadow. [The noun] has a low tone [on the last syllable], for [it comes] from lu/gh ["twilight"]. The eta is superfluous. Aristophanes in Acharnians [writes]: "seeing nothing except the shade of litigation." Meaning [that] of men [litigating].2
And out of it [comes]h)lugai/a ["shadowy"].3
And out of it [comes]