ἀμαυρότης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.mau̯.ró.tɛːs/ → /a.maˈβro.tis/ → /a.maˈvro.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.mau̯.ró.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.mawˈro.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.maˈβro.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.maˈvro.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.maˈvro.tis/

Noun

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

1. dimness
   • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 11.282
2. obscurity
   • 260 CE – 340 CE, Eusebius, DE 9.7
   • 1115 – 1195, Eustathius of Thessalonica, Collected Works 1585.47

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓μαυρότης; τῆς ᾰ̓μαυρότητος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓μαυρότης hē amaurótēs	τὼ ᾰ̓μαυρότητε tṑ amaurótēte	αἱ ᾰ̓μαυρότητες hai amaurótētes
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓μαυρότητος tês amaurótētos	τοῖν ᾰ̓μαυροτήτοιν toîn amaurotḗtoin	τῶν ᾰ̓μαυροτήτων tôn amaurotḗtōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓μαυρότητῐ têi amaurótēti	τοῖν ᾰ̓μαυροτήτοιν toîn amaurotḗtoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓μαυρότησῐ / ᾰ̓μαυρότησῐν taîs amaurótēsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓μαυρότητᾰ tḕn amaurótēta	τὼ ᾰ̓μαυρότητε tṑ amaurótēte	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓μαυρότητᾰς tā̀s amaurótētas
Vocative	ᾰ̓μαυρότης amaurótēs	ᾰ̓μαυρότητε amaurótēte	ᾰ̓μαυρότητες amaurótētes
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.

Further reading

• “ἀμαυρότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀμαυρότης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• ἀμαυρότης in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften