- ἀχλύς
- ἀχλύς, ύος, ἡ (Hom. et al.; in prose Hippocr. et al.; Polyb. 34, 11, 15; Ezk 12:7 Aq.; Job 3:5 Sym.; Philo, Cher. 61; Jos., Ant. 9, 56)① lit. someth. that comes upon one like a fog and obscures vision, mist (w. σκότος as Dio Chrys. 11 [12], 36; Philo, Deus Imm. 130) of darkening of the eyes in a man who is being blinded Ac 13:11 (cp. Il. 16, 344; Od. 20, 357; κατʼ ὀφθαλμῶν δʼ ἔχυτʼ ἀχλύς ‘a mist came over his eyes’ 22, 88; schol. on Apollon. Rhod. 2, 259b; also medic. t.t.: Galen, Medicus 16 [XIV 774 K.]; further exx. in Hobart 44f).② fig. someth. that beclouds one’s understanding, mistiness, in the eyes of the mind (Heraclit. Sto. 33 p. 48, 14; Plut., Mor. 42c διάνοια ἀχλύος γέμουσα; Himerius, Or. 35 [=Or. 34, 3] p. 146, 20 Colonna ἡ ἀχλὺς τῆς ψυχῆς) 2 Cl 1:6.—DELG.
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