ἀμαύρωσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ᾰ̓μαυρόω (amauróō) +‎ -σῐς (-sis)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.mǎu̯.rɔː.sis/ → /aˈma.βro.sis/ → /aˈma.vro.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.mǎu̯.rɔː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈmaw.ro.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈma.βro.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈma.vro.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈma.vro.sis/

Noun

ᾰ̓μαύρωσῐς • (amaúrōsis) f (genitive ᾰ̓μαυρώσεως); third declension

1. darkening, dimming, obscuring
   • Sch.Arat. 869.M.
   1. (of the senses, especially of sight) becoming dull
      • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, The Coan Praenotions 221
      • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Prorrhetics 1.113
      1. (later) complete hindrance to sight without any visible cause, amaurosis
         • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 14.776
         • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 16.609
         • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Mark Antony 71
   2. (of the mind, as in old age) dulling
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, On the Soul 408b.20
      • 200 BCE – 100 BCE, Diogenes of Oenoanda, Fr. 70
      • 200 BCE – 100 BCE, Diogenes of Oenoanda, Oenoandan Inscription 57.1.5
      • 100 CE – 200 CE, Theodotion, Am. 5.26
   3. (both of the senses and of the mind) weakening, dulling
      • I., AI 9.57
      • I., 2Ep.Clem. 1.6
   4. (of oracles) becoming obscure in presentience, failing in prophecy
      • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.411e
2. a spell which renders (someone or something) invisible
   • PMag.Berol. 1.222a
   • PMag.Berol. 1.247
3. lowering, detraction, abasement, humiliation
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.149a
4. “destruction” as another name for the hemlock
   • Ps.-Dsc. 4.78
5. (astrology) amaurosis (a name for the eighth τόπος of the δωδεκάωρος)
   • Cat.Cod.Astr. 8.4.161

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓μαύρωσῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓μαυρώσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (hemlock): κώνειον (kṓneion)

Descendants

• Latin: amaurōsis

References

• “ἀμαύρωσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀμαύρωσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)