μαυρός
See also: μαύρος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀμαυρός (amaurós)
Etymology
Possibly the Moors' native name (from a dialect of Arabic), or connected to ἀμαυρός (amaurós, “dark, dim, faint”), though this adjective only appears in late Greek and could have originated from the peoples' name as the reverse.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mau̯.rós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mawˈros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /maˈβros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /maˈvros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /maˈvros/
Adjective
μαυρός • (maurós) m or f (neuter μαυρόν); second declension
- barely seen, dim, faint, shadowy
- dark
- sightless, blind
- unknown, uncertain, obscure
- inconspicuous
- weak, feeble
Inflection
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | μαυρός maurós |
μαυρόν maurón |
μαυρώ maurṓ |
μαυρώ maurṓ |
μαυροί mauroí |
μαυρᾰ́ maurá | ||||||||
Genitive | μαυροῦ mauroû |
μαυροῦ mauroû |
μαυροῖν mauroîn |
μαυροῖν mauroîn |
μαυρῶν maurôn |
μαυρῶν maurôn | ||||||||
Dative | μαυρῷ maurôi |
μαυρῷ maurôi |
μαυροῖν mauroîn |
μαυροῖν mauroîn |
μαυροῖς mauroîs |
μαυροῖς mauroîs | ||||||||
Accusative | μαυρόν maurón |
μαυρόν maurón |
μαυρώ maurṓ |
μαυρώ maurṓ |
μαυρούς mauroús |
μαυρᾰ́ maurá | ||||||||
Vocative | μαυρέ mauré |
μαυρόν maurón |
μαυρώ maurṓ |
μαυρώ maurṓ |
μαυροί mauroí |
μαυρᾰ́ maurá | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
μαυρῶς maurôs |
μαυρότερος mauróteros |
μαυρότᾰτος maurótatos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
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References
- “μαυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μαυρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette