ἀμαυρ-ός [ᾰμ],ά , όν(ός,όν
Pl.Com. 1
D. ),
A. dark,i.e.,
1. hardly seen, dim, faint, εἴδωλον ἀ. shadowyspectre, Od. 4.824 ; νέκυες
Sapph. 68
;ἴχνος faintfootstep, 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 κώλῳib. 182 ;ψαύσας ἀμαυραῖς χερσίνib. 1639 ;ἀμαυράor ἀμαυρῶς βλέπειν dimly,
Hp.