ἀμαυρότης
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ᾰ̓μαυρός (amaurós) + -της (-tēs, “state of being”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.mau̯.ró.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.mawˈro.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.maˈβro.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.maˈvro.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.maˈvro.tis/
Noun
[edit]ᾰ̓μαυρότης • (amaurótēs) f (genitive ᾰ̓μαυρότητος); third declension
- dimness
- obscurity
- 1115 – 1195, Eustathius of Thessalonica, Collected Works 1585.47
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓μαυρότης hē amaurótēs |
τὼ ᾰ̓μαυρότητε tṑ amaurótēte |
αἱ ᾰ̓μαυρότητες hai amaurótētes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓μαυρότητος tês amaurótētos |
τοῖν ᾰ̓μαυροτήτοιν toîn amaurotḗtoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓μαυροτήτων tôn amaurotḗtōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓μαυρότητῐ têi amaurótēti |
τοῖν ᾰ̓μαυροτήτοιν toîn amaurotḗtoin |
ταῖς ᾰ̓μαυρότησῐ / ᾰ̓μαυρότησῐν taîs amaurótēsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓μαυρότητᾰ tḕn amaurótēta |
τὼ ᾰ̓μαυρότητε tṑ amaurótēte |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓μαυρότητᾰς tā̀s amaurótētas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓μαυρότης amaurótēs |
ᾰ̓μαυρότητε amaurótēte |
ᾰ̓μαυρότητες amaurótētes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- “ἀμαυρότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀμαυρότης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- ἀμαυρότης in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
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- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -της (abstract noun)
- Ancient Greek 4-syllable words
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- Ancient Greek lemmas
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- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension