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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

  • ἀνθρώπων δὲ ψυχαῖσ ἐνταυθοῖ μὲν ὑπὸ σωμάτων καὶ παθῶν περιεχομέναισ οὐκ ἔστι μετουσία τοῦ θεοῦ, πλὴν ὅσον ὀνείρατοσ ἀμαυροῦ θιγεῖν νοήσει διὰ φιλοσοφίασ· (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 78 3:2)
  • "μηδ’ ἀμαύρου, φησί, τέρψιν ἐν βίῳ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 510)

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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