σκιά
Alt. σκια, ᾶς, ionicσκιή, ῆς, ἡ,
I. "a shadow", Od.; σκιὰ ἀντίστοιχος ὥς like "the shadow" that is one's double, Eur.
2. "the shade" of one who is dead, "a phantom", Od., Trag.; so of "one worn to a shadow", Aesch.:—in proverbs of man's mortal estate, σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος Pind.; εἴδωλον σκιᾶς Aesch., etc.
II. "the shade" of trees, etc., πετραίη σκιή "the shade" of a rock, Hes.; ἐν σκιῇ id=Hes.; ὑπὸ σκιῇ Hdt.; ὑπὸ σκιᾶς Eur.; σκιὰν Σειρίου κυνός "shade" from it's heat, Aesch.