Ancient Greek

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
         • 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 408.b.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 2.411.e
2. a spell which renders (someone or something) invisible
   • PMag.Berol. 1.222.a
   • PMag.Berol. 1.247
3. lowering, detraction, abasement, humiliation
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.149.a
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

Declension

Synonyms

• (hemlock): κώνειον ‎(kṓneion)

Descendants

• Latin: amaurōsis

References

• ἀμαύρωσις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «ἀμαύρωσις» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)