ἀμαυρία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ᾰ̓μαυρός (ămaurós) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.mau̯.rí.aː/ → /a.maˈβri.a/ → /a.maˈvri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.mau̯.rí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.mawˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.maˈβri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.maˈvri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.maˈvri.a/

Noun

ᾰ̓μαυρῐ́ᾱ • (ămaurĭ́ā) f (genitive ᾰ̓μαυρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. (chiefly of vision) dimness, dullness, faintness, feebleness, weakness (glossed with the Latin cālīgō)
   • Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum 3.347
   • PMag.Rain. 1.38
   • Phys 23.2
   • PMag.Christ. 10.40

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓μαυρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓μαυρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓μαυρῐ́ᾱ hē ămaurĭ́ā	τὼ ᾰ̓μαυρῐ́ᾱ tṑ ămaurĭ́ā	αἱ ᾰ̓μαυρῐ́αι hai ămaurĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓μαυρῐ́ᾱς tês ămaurĭ́ās	τοῖν ᾰ̓μαυρῐ́αιν toîn ămaurĭ́ain	τῶν ᾰ̓μαυρῐῶν tôn ămaurĭôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓μαυρῐ́ᾳ têi ămaurĭ́āi	τοῖν ᾰ̓μαυρῐ́αιν toîn ămaurĭ́ain	ταῖς ᾰ̓μαυρῐ́αις taîs ămaurĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓μαυρῐ́ᾱν tḕn ămaurĭ́ān	τὼ ᾰ̓μαυρῐ́ᾱ tṑ ămaurĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓μαυρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ămaurĭ́ās
Vocative	ᾰ̓μαυρῐ́ᾱ ămaurĭ́ā	ᾰ̓μαυρῐ́ᾱ ămaurĭ́ā	ᾰ̓μαυρῐ́αι ămaurĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἀμαυρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀμαυρία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• ἀμαυρία 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