μαυρός

See also: μαύρος and Μαῦρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

See Μαῦρος (Maûros) for more.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

μαυρός • (maurós) m or f (neuter μαυρόν); second declension

  1. (pertaining either to light or color) dark, dusky
  2. (difficult to discern, barely able to be seen): dim, faint, indistinct, obscure, shadowy
  3. (not readily visible or noticeable): inconspicuous, unapparent, unnoticed, unknown
  4. (difficult to understand): fathomless, incomprehensible, inscrutable, obscure, uncertain, undefined, vague
  5. (tending to produce uncertainty or confusion): baffling, bewildering, perplexing, puzzling
  6. (pertaining to vision) blind, sightless; feeble, weak

Inflection

Second declension of μαυρός; μαυρόν (Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter
Nominative μαυρός
maurós 		μαυρόν
maurón 		μαυρώ
maurṓ 		μαυρώ
maurṓ 		μαυροί
mauroí 		μαυρᾰ́
maurắ
Genitive μαυροῦ
mauroû 		μαυροῦ
mauroû 		μαυροῖν
mauroîn 		μαυροῖν
mauroîn 		μαυρῶν
maurôn 		μαυρῶν
maurôn
Dative μαυρῷ
maurōî 		μαυρῷ
maurōî 		μαυροῖν
mauroîn 		μαυροῖν
mauroîn 		μαυροῖς
mauroîs 		μαυροῖς
mauroîs
Accusative μαυρόν
maurón 		μαυρόν
maurón 		μαυρώ
maurṓ 		μαυρώ
maurṓ 		μαυρούς
mauroús 		μαυρᾰ́
maurắ
Vocative μαυρέ
mauré 		μαυρόν
maurón 		μαυρώ
maurṓ 		μαυρώ
maurṓ 		μαυροί
mauroí 		μαυρᾰ́
maurắ
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
μαυρῶς
maurôs 		μαυρότερος
mauróteros 		μαυρότᾰτος
maurótătos
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: μαύρος (mávros, “black, dark”)

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