- ἀποσκίασμα
- ἀποσκίασμα, ατος, τό (ἀποσκιάζω ‘cast a shadow’; Aëtius [100 A.D.] 2, 30, 3: Dox. Gr. 361b, 21. ἀποσκιασμοί Plut., Pericl. 155 [6, 5]) shadow τροπῆς ἀ. a shadow cast by variation (in position of heavenly bodies) Js 1:17 (Theopomp. [?]: 115 Fgm. 400 Jac. τὸ ἀποσκίασμα τῆς τοῦ ἡλίου ἀνταυγείας). JRopes, ICC ad loc. and Goodsp., Probs. 189f prefer the rdg. of B et al. (παρ.) ἡ τροπῆς ἀποσκιάσματος ‘(no variation) of changing shadow’. MDibelius, Meyer7 1921 ad loc. would emend to put both nouns in the genitive and transl. the clause ‘who is without change and knows neither turning nor darkness.’—DELG s.v. σκιά. M-M. TW.
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