ἀμαύρωσις
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ᾰ̓μαυρόω (amauróō) + -σῐς (-sis)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.mǎu̯.rɔː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈmaw.ro.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈma.βro.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈma.vro.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈma.vro.sis/
Noun[edit]
ᾰ̓μαύρωσῐς • (amaúrōsis) f (genitive ᾰ̓μαυρώσεως); third declension
- darkening, dimming, obscuring
- Sch.Arat. 869.M.
- (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
- Ps.-Dsc. 4.78
- (astrology) amaurosis (a name for the eighth τόπος of the δωδεκάωρος)
- Cat.Cod.Astr. 8.4.161
Declension[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓μαύρωσῐς hē amaúrōsis |
τὼ ᾰ̓μαυρώσει tṑ amaurṓsei |
αἱ ᾰ̓μαυρώσεις hai amaurṓseis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓μαυρώσεως tês amaurṓseōs |
τοῖν ᾰ̓μαυρωσέοιν toîn amaurōséoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓μαυρώσεων tôn amaurṓseōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓μαυρώσει têi amaurṓsei |
τοῖν ᾰ̓μαυρωσέοιν toîn amaurōséoin |
ταῖς ᾰ̓μαυρώσεσῐ / ᾰ̓μαυρώσεσῐν taîs amaurṓsesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓μαύρωσῐν tḕn amaúrōsin |
τὼ ᾰ̓μαυρώσει tṑ amaurṓsei |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓μαυρώσεις tā̀s amaurṓseis | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓μαύρωσῐ amaúrōsi |
ᾰ̓μαυρώσει amaurṓsei |
ᾰ̓μαυρώσεις amaurṓseis | ||||||||||
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Synonyms[edit]
- (hemlock): κώνειον (kṓneion)
Descendants[edit]
- Latin: amaurōsis
References[edit]
- “ἀμαύρωσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀμαύρωσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σις
- Ancient Greek 4-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension
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