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Ancient Greek
Etymology
ᾰ̓μαυρόω (ămauróō) + -σῐς (-sĭs)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.mǎu̯.rɔː.sis/ → /aˈma.βro.sis/ → /aˈma.vro.sis/
Noun
ᾰ̓μαύρωσῐς • (ămaúrōsĭs) f (genitive ᾰ̓μαυρώσεως); third declension
- darkening, dimming, obscuring
- (of the senses, especially of sight) becoming dull
- (later) complete hindrance to sight without any visible cause, amaurosis
- (of the mind, as in old age) dulling
- (both of the senses and of the mind) weakening, dulling
I., AI 9.57
I., 2Ep.Clem. 1.6
- (of oracles) becoming obscure in presentience, failing in prophecy
- a spell which renders (someone or something) invisible
PMag.Berol. 1.222a
PMag.Berol. 1.247
- lowering, detraction, abasement, humiliation
- “destruction” as another name for the hemlock
- (astrology) amaurosis (a name for the eighth τόπος of the δωδεκάωρος)
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