Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μαυρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μαυρός μαυρός μαυρόν

Structure: μαυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

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

Examples

  • καὶ γάρ τινα τυχεῖν αὐτῶν ἀποδεδημηκότα καὶ αὐτὸν ἐσ τὴν τῶν Μαύρων, ἀδελφοῦ αὐτῷ ἐν τῇ γῇ στρατευομένου. (Lucian, Quomodo historia conscribenda sit, chapter 282)
  • τὰ δ̓ ἐν Ἰνδοῖσ πραχθησόμενα ὑπέσχετο ἤδη γράψειν καὶ τὸν περίπλουν τῆσ ἔξω θαλάττησ, καὶ οὐχ ὑπόσχεσισ ταῦτα μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ προοίμιον τῆσ Ἰνδικῆσ ἤδη συντέτακται, καὶ τὸ τρίτον τάγμα καὶ οἱ Κελτοὶ καὶ Μαύρων μοῖρα ὀλίγη σὺν Κασσίῳ πάντεσ οὗτοι ἐπεραιώθησαν τὸν Ἰνδὸν ποταμόν· (Lucian, Quomodo historia conscribenda sit, chapter 31 1:5)
  • ἔστι δὲ καὶ ποταμὸσ ἐν τῇ Μαύρων χώρᾳ τοῦτο ἔχων τὸ ὄνομα, ὅθεν καὶ τοὺσ πλείστουσ τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν ἱστοριογράφων ἔστιν ἰδεῖν μεμνημένουσ τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ τῆσ παρακειμένησ αὐτῷ χώρασ Φούτησ λεγομένησ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 1 166:1)

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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