ἀμαύρωσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ᾰ̓μαυρόω (amauróō) + -σῐς (-sis)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

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

  1. darkening, dimming, obscuring
    • Sch.Arat. 869.M.
    1. (of the senses, especially of sight) becoming dull
      • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, The Coan Praenotions 221
      • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Prorrhetics 1.113
      1. (later) complete hindrance to sight without any visible cause, amaurosis
    2. (of the mind, as in old age) dulling
    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
  2. a spell which renders (someone or something) invisible
    • PMag.Berol. 1.222a
    • PMag.Berol. 1.247
  3. lowering, detraction, abasement, humiliation
  4. “destruction” as another name for the hemlock
    • Ps.-Dsc. 4.78
  5. (astrology) amaurosis (a name for the eighth τόπος of the δωδεκάωρος)
    • Cat.Cod.Astr. 8.4.161

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  • Latin: amaurōsis

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