ἀμαυρός

• μαυρός (maurós)

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 (marway(a)-, “rot”). Alternatively Pre-Greek.

ᾰ̓μαυρός • (amaurós) m (feminine ᾰ̓μαυρᾱ́, neuter ᾰ̓μαυρόν); first/second declension

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

• (dim, dark): ᾰ̓μαυρής (amaurḗs) (Byzantine)

• Greek: αμαυρός (amavrós)

• “ἀμαυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀμαυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀμαυρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀμαυρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμαυρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀμαυρός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • blind idem, page 83.
  • dark idem, page 195.
  • dim idem, page 224.
  • dusky idem, page 256.
  • faint idem, page 302.
  • feeble idem, page 313.
  • ghostly idem, page 358.
  • glazed idem, page 361.
  • gloomy idem, page 362.
  • helpless idem, page 396.
  • humble idem, page 409.
  • immaterial idem, page 417.
  • impalpable idem, page 419.
  • infirm idem, page 438.
  • inglorious idem, page 440.
  • mean idem, page 519.
  • misty idem, page 536.
  • obscure idem, page 566.
  • shadowy idem, page 760.
  • spectral idem, page 800.
  • unsubstantial idem, page 933.
  • vague idem, page 942.
  • weak idem, page 969.