σκότος
-ου, ὁ. Darkness: ποτὶ σκότον ἐτράπετο (away from the light) Od. 19.389.
The darkness of death : τὸν σ. ὄσσε κάλυψεν Il. 4.461 = 503 = Il. 7.11, Il. 4.526 = Il. 21.181, Il. 13.575, Il. 14.519, Il. 15.578, Il. 16.316, Od. 3.393, 471. Cf. Il. 5.47, Il. 13.672 = Il. 16.607, Il. 16.325.