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ἀμαυρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμαυρός ἀμαυρᾱ́ ἀμαυρόν

Structure: ἀμαυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.); cf. a)mudro/s.

Sense

  1. barely seen, dim, faint, shadowy
  2. dark
  3. sightless, blind
  4. unknown, uncertain, obscure
  5. inconspicuous
  6. weak, feeble

Examples

  • ὁρῶ νὴ Δία πρὸσ ἀμαυράν γε καὶ διψῶσαν τὴν θρυαλλίδα, καὶ ὠχρὸσ δὲ ἐστὶν οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅθεν, ἀλεκτρυών, καὶ κατέσκληκεν ὅλοσ ἐκτετηκώσ, ὑπὸ φροντίδων δηλαδή· (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 29:10)
  • "ὥστ’ οὐχ ὁρῶ, τί χρήσιμον ἔνεστι τοῖσ ὀψὲ δὴ τούτοισ ἀλεῖν λεγομένοισ μύλοισ τῶν θεῶν καὶ ποιοῦσι τὴν δίκην ἀμαυρὰν καὶ τὸν φόβον ἐξίτηλον τῆσ κακίασ. (Plutarch, De sera numinis vindicta, section 35)
  • "τὰ δὲ κυρτὰ καὶ τὰ σφαιροειδῆ τῷ μὴ πανταχόθεν ἀντερείδειν ἀσθενῆ καὶ ἀμαυράν. (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 23 6:15)
  • ὁρᾶτε δήπουθεν, ὅταν ἴριδεσ δύο φανῶσι, νέφουσ νέφοσ ἐμπεριέχοντοσ, ἀμαυράν ποιοῦσαν καὶ ἀσαφῆ τὰ χρώματα τὴν περιέχουσαν τὸ γὰρ ἐκτὸσ νέφοσ ἀπωτέρω τῆσ ὄψεωσ κείμενον οὐκ εὔτονον οὐδ’ ἰσχυρὰν τὴν ἀνάκλασιν ἀποδίδωσι. (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 23 6:16)
  • τὴν δὲ Φωκίωνοσ ἀρετήν, ὥσπερ ἀνταγωνιστῇ βαρεῖ καὶ βιαίῳ καιρῷ συλλαχοῦσαν, αἱ τύχαι τῆσ Ἑλλάδοσ ἀμαυρὰν καὶ ἀλαμπῆ πρὸσ δόξαν ἐποίησαν. (Plutarch, chapter 1 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. barely seen

  2. dark

  3. sightless

  4. unknown

  5. inconspicuous

  6. weak

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