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ζόφος

Alt. ζόφος, ὁ,

I. "the gloom of the world below, nether darkness", Hom., Aesch.:—generally, "gloom, darkness", Hes., Pind.

II. "the dark quarter", i. e. "the west", opposed to ἠώς, Hom.: cf. Ζέφυρος.