ἀμαύρωσις

Ancient Greek

ᾰ̓μαυρόω (ămauróō) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs)

ᾰ̓μαύρωσῐς • (ămaúrōsĭs) f (genitive ᾰ̓μαυρώσεως); third declension

darkening, dimming, obscuring
- Sch.Arat. 869.M.
1. (of the senses, especially of sight) becoming dull
  - 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, The Coan Praenotions 221
  - 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, Prorrhetics 1.113
  1. (later) complete hindrance to sight without any visible cause, amaurosis
    - 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 14.776
    - 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 16.609
    - 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Mark Antony 71
2. (of the mind, as in old age) dulling
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, On the Soul 408b.20
  - 200 BCE – 100 BCE, Diogenes of Oenoanda, Fr. 70
  - 200 BCE – 100 BCE, Diogenes of Oenoanda, Oenoandan Inscription 57.1.5
  - 100 CE – 200 CE, Theodotion, Am. 5.26
3. (both of the senses and of the mind) weakening, dulling
  - I., AI 9.57
  - I., 2Ep.Clem. 1.6
4. (of oracles) becoming obscure in presentience, failing in prophecy
  - 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.411e
a spell which renders (someone or something) invisible
- PMag.Berol. 1.222a
- PMag.Berol. 1.247
lowering, detraction, abasement, humiliation
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.149a
“destruction” as another name for the hemlock
- Ps.-Dsc. 4.78
(astrology) amaurosis (a name for the eighth τόπος of the δωδεκάωρος)
- Cat.Cod.Astr. 8.4.161

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓μαύρωσῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓μαυρώσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓μαύρωσῐς hē ămaúrōsĭs	τὼ ᾰ̓μαυρώσει tṑ ămaurṓsei	αἱ ᾰ̓μαυρώσεις hai ămaurṓseis
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓μαυρώσεως tês ămaurṓseōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓μαυρωσέοιν toîn ămaurōséoin	τῶν ᾰ̓μαυρώσεων tôn ămaurṓseōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓μαυρώσει tēî ămaurṓsei	τοῖν ᾰ̓μαυρωσέοιν toîn ămaurōséoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓μαυρώσεσῐ / ᾰ̓μαυρώσεσῐν taîs ămaurṓsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓μαύρωσῐν tḕn ămaúrōsĭn	τὼ ᾰ̓μαυρώσει tṑ ămaurṓsei	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓μαυρώσεις tā̀s ămaurṓseis
Vocative	ᾰ̓μαύρωσῐ ămaúrōsĭ	ᾰ̓μαυρώσει ămaurṓsei	ᾰ̓μαυρώσεις ămaurṓseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“ἀμαύρωσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἀμαύρωσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)