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
- barely seen, dim, faint, shadowy
- dark
- sightless, blind
- unknown, uncertain, obscure
- inconspicuous
- weak, feeble
Declension
First/Second declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- "καίτοι δοκεῖ φυσιολογίασ ἔχεσθαι, καὶ Πλάτων αὐτῷ παρέσχε τὸ ἐνδόσιμον οὐχ ἁπλῶσ ἀποφηνάμενοσ ἐκ δόξησ δ’ ἀμαυρᾶσ καὶ ὑπόνοιαν ἐμβαλὼν αἰνιγματώδη μετ’ εὐλαβείασ· (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 212)
- κλύε δέ μοι, κλύε, σέ‐ βασ ὦ δέσποτ’, ἐξ ἀμαυρᾶσ φρενόσ. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode 6:2)
- ἰδεῖν ἐλέγξαι τ’ αὖ θέλω τὸν ἄγγελον, εἴτ’ αὐτὸσ ἦν θνῄσκοντοσ ἐγγύθεν παρών, εἴτ’ ἐξ ἀμαυρᾶσ κληδόνοσ λέγει μαθών. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode9)
- ὡσ πόλλ’ ἀμαυρᾶσ ἐκ φρενόσ <μ’> ἀναστένειν πόθεν τὸ δύσφρον τοῦτ’ ἐπῆν θυμῷ στύγοσ; (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode 1:11)
- ἐνταῦθα δὲ γενόμενοσ Ὅμηροσ οὐδὲν ἔτι τἀληθοῦσ ἐφρόντισεν, ἀλλ’ εἰσ ἅπαν ἧκεν ἀναισχυντίασ καὶ πάντα τὰ πράγματα ἁπλῶσἀνέτρεψε καὶ μετέστησεν εἰσ τοὐναντίον, καταπεφρονηκὼσ μὲν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὅτι καὶ τἄλλα ἑώρα πάνυ ῥᾳδίωσ πειθομένουσ αὐτοὺσ καὶ περὶ τῶν θεῶν, οὐκ ὄντων δὲ ἑτέρων ποιητῶν οὐδὲ συγγραφέων, παρ’ οἷσ ἐλέγετο τἀληθέσ, ἀλλ’ αὐτὸσ πρῶτοσ ἐπιθέμενοσ ὑπὲρ τούτων γράφειν, γενεαῖσ δὲ ὕστερον ξυνθεὶσ πολλαῖσ, τῶν εἰδότωναὐτὰ ἠφανισμένων καὶ τῶν ἐξ ἐκείνων , ἀμαυρᾶσ δὲ καὶ ἀσθενοῦσ ἔτι φήμησ ἀπολειπομένησ, ὡσ εἰκὸσ περὶ τῶν σφόδρα παλαιῶν, ἔτι δὲ πρὸσ τοὺσ πολλοὺσ καὶ ἰδιώτασ μέλλων διηγεῖσθαι τὰ ἔπη, καὶ ταῦτα βελτίω ποιῶν τὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων, ὡσ μηδὲ τοὺσ γιγνώσκοντασ ἐξελέγχειν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 115:1)
- "διττὴν ἔμφασιν ἀποδίδωσι καὶ ποιεῖ τέτταρασ εἰκόνασ ἀφ’ ἑνὸσ προσώπου, δύο μὲν ἀντιστρόφουσ ἐν τοῖσ ἔξωθεν, μέρεσι, δύο δὲ δεξιοφανεῖσ ἀμαυρὰσ ἐν βάθει τῶν κατόπτρων. (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 17 4:5)
- διὸ καὶ νόμον ἔθεντο φεύγειν ὅστισ ἂν ἀποκτείνῃ πελαργόν, ἀσπίδα δὲ καὶ γαλῆν καὶ κάνθαρον, εἰκόνασ τινὰσ ἐν αὐτοῖσ ἀμαυρὰσ ὥσπερ ἐν σταγόσιν ἡλίου τῆσ τῶν θεῶν δυνάμεωσ κατιδόντεσ· (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 74 2:1)
Synonyms
-
barely seen
-
dark
- σκοταῖος (in the dark)
- σκοτεινός (dark, the darkness)
- σκότιος (dark)
- σκότιος (dark)
- μαυρός (dark)
- σκοτόεις (dark)
- σκοτώδης (dark)
- κυανωπός (dark-looking)
- σκοτοειδής (dark-looking)
- ἀμαυρόβιος (living in darkness)
- μελάμφυλλος (dark-leaved, dark with leaves)
- μελαμπέταλος (dark-leaved)
- ἰοβόστρυχος (dark-haired)
- κυανόθριξ (dark-haired)
- περκνός (dark coloured)
- σκιερός (dark-coloured)
- καρύκινος (dark-red)
- μέλας (dark, black)
- μελάγχιμος (black, dark)
- Κρόνιος (of the dark ages)
- ἐπίπερκνος (somewhat dark)
- σκότιος (dark, obscure)
- ψεφηνός (dark, obscure)
- σκοτεινός (dark, obscure)
- μέλας ( dark, obscure)
- σκοταῖος (dark, obscure)
- κυανόστολος (dark-robed)
- κυανώπης (dark-eyed)
- κυανοβλέφαρος (dark-eyed)
- μελαναυγής (dark-gleaming)
- κυαναυγής (dark-gleaming)
- κυανόπεπλος (dark-veiled)
- κυάνεος (dark-blue)
- ἐρεβεννός (dark, gloomy)
- αἰνιγματώδης (riddling, dark)
- σκνιπαῖος (dark, in the twilight)
- κυανόφρυς (dark-browed)
- ἐπίσκοτος (in the dark, darkened)
- κνεφαῖος (dark, dusky)
-
sightless
-
unknown
- μαυρός (unknown, uncertain, obscure)
- ἀφανής (unknown, uncertain, obscure)
- ἄδηλος (it is uncertain, unknown, uncertain)
- ἄσημος (of no mark, unknown, obscure)
-
inconspicuous
-
weak