"ἀμαυρός" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Adjective

IPA: /a.mau̯.rós/, /a.maˈβros/, /a.maˈvros/, /a.mau̯.rós/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /a.mawˈros/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /a.maˈβros/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /a.maˈvros/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /a.maˈvros/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Found in late Greek. Uncertain origin, but possibly related to μαυρός (maurós). One suggestion is Proto-Indo-European *h₂mr̥-wós, from a root *h₂mer-. Compare Latin umbra, Luwian [script needed] (marway(a)-, “rot”). Alternatively Pre-Greek. Etymology templates: {{unc|grc}} Uncertain, {{m|grc|μαυρός}} μαυρός (maurós), {{der|grc|ine-pro||*h₂mr̥-wós}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂mr̥-wós, {{m|ine-pro|*h₂mer-}} *h₂mer-, {{cog|la|umbra}} Latin umbra, {{cog|xlu|t=rot|tr=marway(a)-}} Luwian [script needed] (marway(a)-, “rot”), {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Inflection templates: {{grc-adecl|ᾰ̓μαυρός|ᾰ̓μαυρᾱ́}} Forms: ᾰ̓μαυρός [canonical], amaurós [romanization], ᾰ̓μαυρᾱ́ [feminine], ᾰ̓μαυρόν [neuter], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ᾰ̓μαυρός [masculine, nominative, singular], ᾰ̓μαυρᾱ́ [feminine, nominative, singular], ᾰ̓μαυρόν [neuter, nominative, singular], ᾰ̓μαυρώ [dual, masculine, nominative], ᾰ̓μαυρᾱ́ [dual, feminine, nominative], ᾰ̓μαυρώ [dual, neuter, nominative], ᾰ̓μαυροί [masculine, nominative, plural], ᾰ̓μαυραί [feminine, nominative, plural], ᾰ̓μαυρᾰ́ [neuter, nominative, plural], ᾰ̓μαυροῦ [genitive, masculine, singular], ᾰ̓μαυρᾶς [feminine, genitive, singular], ᾰ̓μαυροῦ [genitive, neuter, singular], ᾰ̓μαυροῖν [dual, genitive, masculine], ᾰ̓μαυραῖν [dual, feminine, genitive], ᾰ̓μαυροῖν [dual, genitive, neuter], ᾰ̓μαυρῶν [genitive, masculine, plural], ᾰ̓μαυρῶν [feminine, genitive, plural], ᾰ̓μαυρῶν [genitive, neuter, plural], ᾰ̓μαυρῷ [dative, masculine, singular], ᾰ̓μαυρᾷ [dative, feminine, singular], ᾰ̓μαυρῷ [dative, neuter, singular], ᾰ̓μαυροῖν [dative, dual, masculine], ᾰ̓μαυραῖν [dative, dual, feminine], ᾰ̓μαυροῖν [dative, dual, neuter], ᾰ̓μαυροῖς [dative, masculine, plural], ᾰ̓μαυραῖς [dative, feminine, plural], ᾰ̓μαυροῖς [dative, neuter, plural], ᾰ̓μαυρόν [accusative, masculine, singular], ᾰ̓μαυρᾱ́ν [accusative, feminine, singular], ᾰ̓μαυρόν [accusative, neuter, singular], ᾰ̓μαυρώ [accusative, dual, masculine], ᾰ̓μαυρᾱ́ [accusative, dual, feminine], ᾰ̓μαυρώ [accusative, dual, neuter], ᾰ̓μαυρούς [accusative, masculine, plural], ᾰ̓μαυρᾱ́ς [accusative, feminine, plural], ᾰ̓μαυρᾰ́ [accusative, neuter, plural], ᾰ̓μαυρέ [masculine, singular, vocative], ᾰ̓μαυρᾱ́ [feminine, singular, vocative], ᾰ̓μαυρόν [neuter, singular, vocative], ᾰ̓μαυρώ [dual, masculine, vocative], ᾰ̓μαυρᾱ́ [dual, feminine, vocative], ᾰ̓μαυρώ [dual, neuter, vocative], ᾰ̓μαυροί [masculine, plural, vocative], ᾰ̓μαυραί [feminine, plural, vocative], ᾰ̓μαυρᾰ́ [neuter, plural, vocative], ᾰ̓μαυρῶς [adverbial, feminine, masculine, neuter], ᾰ̓μαυρότερος [comparative, feminine, masculine, neuter], ᾰ̓μαυρότᾰτος [feminine, masculine, neuter, superlative]
  1. barely seen, dim, faint, shadowy Synonyms (dim, dark): ᾰ̓μαυρής (amaurḗs) [Byzantine] Derived forms (ᾰ̓μαυρόω (amauróō)): ᾰ̓μαύρωσῐς (amaúrōsis)
    Sense id: en-ἀμαυρός-grc-adj-1A7l-vxE Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 57 9 5 16 5 9 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 54 9 5 17 6 9 Disambiguation of 'dim, dark': 70 13 1 11 1 4 Disambiguation of 'ᾰ̓μαυρόω (amauróō)': 100 0 0 0 0 0
  2. dark, dusky
    Sense id: en-ἀμαυρός-grc-adj-6wb~2PKs
  3. sightless, blind Categories (topical): Vision
    Sense id: en-ἀμαυρός-grc-adj-Fg5mvCBt Disambiguation of Vision: 15 2 65 14 0 5
  4. unknown, uncertain, obscure
    Sense id: en-ἀμαυρός-grc-adj-Kn234IuC
  5. inconspicuous
    Sense id: en-ἀμαυρός-grc-adj-k554HpS7
  6. weak, feeble
    Sense id: en-ἀμαυρός-grc-adj-KydBK4EB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: μαυρός (maurós) Derived forms: ᾰ̓μαυρῐ́ᾱ (amauríā), ᾰ̓μαυρόστῐκτος (amauróstiktos) [Byzantine], ᾰ̓μαυρότης (amaurótēs)

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          "unknown"
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      "ipa": "/a.mau̯.rós/"
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      "ipa": "/a.maˈβros/"
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      "ipa": "/a.maˈvros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a.mau̯.rós/",
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      "ipa": "/a.mawˈros/",
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      "ipa": "/a.maˈβros/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/a.maˈvros/",
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      "ipa": "/a.maˈvros/",
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}
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    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "masculine",
        "neuter"
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "adj",
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/a.maˈβros/"
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      "ipa": "/a.maˈvros/"
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      "ipa": "/a.mau̯.rós/",
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      "ipa": "/a.mawˈros/",
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      "ipa": "/a.maˈβros/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/a.maˈvros/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
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    {
      "ipa": "/a.maˈvros/",
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      "roman": "amaurḗs",
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      "word": "ᾰ̓μαυρής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "maurós",
      "word": "μαυρός"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἀμαυρός"
}

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