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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

  • ἐὰν δὲ ἴδῃ ὁ ἱερεύσ, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν τῷ αὐγάζοντι θρὶξ λευκή, καὶ ταπεινὸν μὴ ᾖ ἀπὸ τοῦ δέρματοσ, αὐτὸ δὲ ἀμαυρόν, καὶ ἀφοριεῖ αὐτὸν ὁ ἱερεὺσ ἑπτὰ ἡμέρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 13:26)
  • "τὰ τοιαῦτά σε ὁρᾶν, ὦ Ιὤν, ᾧ γε καὶ αἱ ἰδέαι αὐταὶ φαίνονται ἃ ὁ πατήρ ὑμῶν Πλάτων δείκνυσιν, ἀμαυρόν τι θέαμα ὡσ πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ τοὺσ ἀμβλυώττοντασ. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 14:1)
  • λαβοῦ χερῶν καὶ πέπλων, ὅτου λέλοιπε ποδὸσ ἀμαυρὸν ἴχνοσ· (Euripides, Heracles, choral, antistrophe 12)
  • καὶ προσέτι γε καὶ κατεγέλασ αὐτῶν φειδομένων καὶ φυλαττόντων καὶ τὸ καινότατον αὑτοὺσ ζηλοτυπούντων, ἀγνοούντων δὲ ὡσ κατάρατοσ οἰκέτησ ἢ οἰκονόμοσ πεδότριψ ὑπεισιὼν λαθραίωσ ἐμπαροινήσει, τὸν κακοδαίμονα καὶ ἀνέραστον δεσπότην πρὸσ ἀμαυρόν τι καὶ μικρόστομον λυχνίδιον καὶ διψαλέον θρυαλλίδιον ἐπαγρυπνεῖν ἐάσασ τοῖσ τόκοισ. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 14:1)
  • καὶ μάλα δικαίωσ, ὦγαθέ, ὅσ γε τυφλὸν ὄντα εἰδὼσ ἔπεμπεν ἀναζητήσοντα δυσεύρετον οὕτω χρῆμα καὶ πρὸ πολλοῦ ἐκλελοιπὸσ ἐκ τοῦ βίου, ὅπερ οὐδ’ ὁ Λυγκεὺσ ἂν ἐξεύροι ῥᾳδίωσ, ἀμαυρὸν οὕτω καὶ μικρὸν ὄν. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 25:2)

Synonyms

  1. barely seen

  2. dark

  3. sightless

  4. unknown

  5. inconspicuous

  6. weak

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