ἀμυδρός

A. dim, faint, obscure:

1. of impressions on the eye, ἀ. χοιράς a rock dimly seen through water, Archil. 129; ἀ. γράμματα scarce legible letters, Th. 6.54; ἀ. φέγγος, χρῶμα, Arist. Mete. 343b13, 372a2; ἀ. τὰ εἴδη τῶν ἰχθύων, σκιὰς μᾶλλον ἢ ἰχθῦς εἰκάσεις (in a painting) Paus. 10.28.1. Adv. ἀμυδσῶς, βλέπειν, ὁρᾶν, Arist. HA 537b11, 556b19; ἀ. μιμεῖσθαί τι represent its form obscurely, ib.502b9; ἀ. ἔχειν to be ill-defined, PA 668a3.

2. generally, faint, weak, σφυγμὸς ἀ. τὸν τόνον Aret. CA 2.3, cf.SD 1.12; τυπαί Nic. Th. 358 (Comp.).

3. of impressions on the mind, vague, ἀ. εἶδος Pl. Ti. 49a; ἀ. πρὸς ἀλήθειαν faint in comparison with truth, Id. R. 597a; δῑ ἀμυδρῶν ὀργάνων by imperfect organs, Id. Phdr. 250b, cf. Tht. 195a; μαντεῖα ἀμυδρότερα τοῦ τι σαφὲς σημαίνειν too obscure . . , Id. Ti. 72b; ἀ. ἐλπίς Plu. Alc. 38; ἀ. λόγος [Longin.] Rh. p.195H.; ‐ότερα σχήματα Aps.p.327 H.; συναίσθησις Dam. Pr. 81 (Sup.), etc. Adv. ‐ῶς καὶ οὐθὲν σαφῶς Arist. Metaph. 985a13, cf. 988a23; faintly, of one near death, Max.Tyr. 16.2: Comp. ἀμυδρότερον Pl. Sph. 250e, Plu. 2.1025d.