A.nether darkness, “ἱεμένων Ἔρεβόσδε ὑπὸ ζόφον” Od.20.356, cf. 11.155, Il.21.56, Ep.Jud.6; Ἀΐδης δ᾽ ἔλαχε ζόφον ἠερόεντα obtained the realms of gloom for his share, Il.15.191, cf.Od.11.57, h.Cer. 402, 446, etc.; “γῆς ὑπὸ ζόφον” A.Pers.839.
2. generally, gloom, darkness, Hes.Sc.227, Plb.18.20.7, Arist.Mu.400a8, Ep.Hebr.12.18, Plu.Alc.28, Luc.DMort.15.2; χειμέριος ζ. the gloom of winter, Pi.I. 4(3).18: metaph., τῆς ψυχῆς . . ζ. Plu.2.48c.
II. the dark quarter, i.e. the West, “ἤδη γὰρ φάος οἴχεθ᾽ ὑπὸ ζόφον” Od.3.335; “οὐ γὰρ ἴδμεν ὅπῃ ζ. οὐδ᾽ ὅπῃ ἠώς” 10.190; ποτὶ ζόφον, opp. πρὸς ἠῶ τ᾽ ἠέλιόν τε, Il.12.240, Od.13.241, 9.26 (the North acc. to Str.10.2.12); Γαδείρων τὸ πρὸς ζόφον to the west of . . , Pi.N.4.69.—Poet. and later Prose. (Prob. cogn. with ζέφυρος.)
