ἀμαυρός

A. dark, i.e.,

1. hardly seen, dim, faint, εἴδωλον ἀ. shadowy spectre, Od. 4.824; νέκυες Sapph. 68; ἴχνος faint footstep, of an old man, E. HF 124, cf. X. Cyn. 6.21; of the sun, ἀχλυώδης καὶ ἀμαυρότερος obscure, glimmering, Arist. Mete. 367a21; of a comet's tail, ib.343b12, cf. Theoc. 22.21.

2. having no light, νύξ Luc. Am. 32; ὄψις X. Cyn. 5.26:—hence, blind, sightless, of man, S. OC 1018; ἕπεο . . ἀμαυρῷ κώλῳ ib.182; ψαύσας ἀμαυραῖς χερσίν ib.1639; ἀμαυρά or ἀμαυρῶς βλέπειν dimly, Hp. Acut. (Sp.) 55, AP 12.254 (Strat.), cf.IG 14.2111.

3. of sound, dim, faint, Arist. Aud. 802a19.

II. metaph.,

1. dim, faint, uncertain, κληδών A. Ch. 853; σθένος E. HF 231; δόξα, ἡδοναί, ἐλπίς, Plu. Lyc. 4, 2.125c, Arr. ap. Suid.; ζῷα‐ότερα creatures of obscure kind, Arist. HA 608a11; ἐντομαὶ ‐ότεραι less conspicuous notches, Thphr. HP 6.2.5, cf. 6.7.1.

2. obscure, mean, unknown, ‐οτέρη γενεή Hes. Op. 284; τυχηρὸν . . τιθεῖσ’ ἀμαυρόν A. Ag. 466, cf. E. Andr. 204; ἀ. ἀσθενής τε Pl.Com.l.c. Adv. ‐ρῶς obscurely, opp. ἀκριβῶς, Arist. Cael. 279a29.

3. gloomy, troubled, φρήν A. Ag. 546, Ch. 157.

III. Act., enfeebling (or perh. baffling, obscure), νοῦσος AP 7.78 (Dionys.): Subst. ἀμαυρά, ἡ (sc. τελετή), = ἀμαύρωσις 1.3, PMag.Leid.W. 6.21.