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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

  • ἦν δὲ ἄρα φάσμα, καὶ κατὰ μικρὸν αἰρόμενον ἀπὸ γῆσ διεσπείρετο πολλαχοῦ τοῦ ἀέροσ εἰδώλοισ ἀμαυροῖσ ὅμοιον, εἶτα οὕτωσ ἠφανίσθη. (Plutarch, Sulla, chapter 27 4:2)
  • Αἴγυπτόν τε Ἡρόδοτόσ τε καὶ Ἑκαταῖοσ οἱ λογοποιοί, ἢ εἰ δή του ἄλλου ἢ Ἑκαταίου ἐστὶ τὰ ἀμφὶ τῇ γῇ τῇ Αἰγυπτίᾳ ποιήματα, δῶρόν τε τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἀμφότεροι ὡσαύτωσ ὀνομάζουσιν καὶ οὐκ ἀμαυροῖσ τεκμηρίοισ ὅτι ταύτῃ ἔχει Ἡροδότῳ ἐπιδέδεικται, ὡσ καὶ τὴν γῆν αὐτὴν τυχὸν τοῦ ποταμοῦ εἶναι ἐπώνυμον. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 5, chapter 6 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. barely seen

  2. dark

  3. sightless

  4. unknown

  5. inconspicuous

  6. weak

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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