ἀμαυρότης

Ancient Greek

From ᾰ̓μαυρός (ămaurós) +‎ -της (-tēs, “state of being”).

ᾰ̓μαυρότης • (ămaurótēs) f (genitive ᾰ̓μαυρότητος); third declension

dimness
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 11.282
obscurity
- 260 CE – 340 CE, Eusebius, DE 9.7
- 1115 – 1195, Eustathius Thessalonicensis 1585.47

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓μαυρότης; τῆς ᾰ̓μαυρότητος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓μαυρότης hē ămaurótēs	τὼ ᾰ̓μαυρότητε tṑ ămaurótēte	αἱ ᾰ̓μαυρότητες hai ămaurótētes
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓μαυρότητος tês ămaurótētos	τοῖν ᾰ̓μαυροτήτοιν toîn ămaurotḗtoin	τῶν ᾰ̓μαυροτήτων tôn ămaurotḗtōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓μαυρότητῐ tēî ămaurótētĭ	τοῖν ᾰ̓μαυροτήτοιν toîn ămaurotḗtoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓μαυρότησῐ / ᾰ̓μαυρότησῐν taîs ămaurótēsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓μαυρότητᾰ tḕn ămaurótētă	τὼ ᾰ̓μαυρότητε tṑ ămaurótēte	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓μαυρότητᾰς tā̀s ămaurótētăs
Vocative	ᾰ̓μαυρότης ămaurótēs	ᾰ̓μαυρότητε ămaurótēte	ᾰ̓μαυρότητες ămaurótētes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.