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ἀμαυρ-όω

amauroo

make dim, faint

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What it meant

ἀμαυρ-όω · amaur-oō — LSJ

make dim, faint, obscure, become dark, dim, perished utterly

make dim, faint, or obscure, ἡ σελήνη ἀ. τὰ ἴχνη X. Cyn. 5.4; ἄστρα ἠμαύρωσε ἥλιος AP 9.24 (Leon.):—Pass., become dark or dim, ὁ ἥλιος ἀμαυρώθη Hdt. l.c.; ὄμμα -ούμενον Hp. Prorrh. 1.46; φορτίʼ ἀμαυρωθείη perished utterly, Hes. Op. 693; τὸ θερμὸν μικρὸν ὂν ἐν μεγάλοις ἀ. Arist. PA 667a19.

2 render invisible

render invisible, PMag. Berol. 1.102.

3 blind

blind, ὄμματα Tab.Defix.Aud. 241.13 (Carthage, ii/iii A.D.), etc.

II deface, weaken, impair, to be dazzled

metaph. in same sense, εὐνομία . . ὕβριν ἀ. Sol. 4.35; ἐντάφιον . . οὔτʼ εὐρὼς οὔτʼ . . ἀμαυρώσει χρόνος Simon. 4.5, cf. Call. Iamb. 1.429; χρόνος δʼ ἀμαυροῖ πάντα S. Fr. 954, cf. Str. l.c.; τίς ἄρα σὰν . . ἀμαυροῖ ζόαν; E. Hipp. 816; πολλοί γε . . τῷ θράσει τὰς συμφορὰς ζητοῦσʼ ἀμαυροῦν Id. Fr. 416; ἀ. δόξαν Plb. 20.4.3; τὰς ἄλλας κακίας Plu. Crass. 2; οἶκον -ώσας ὤλετο IG 12(7).107 (Amorgos); deface a tomb, ib. 12(9).1129.22 (Chalcis):—weaken, impair, πόνος πόνον ἀ. Hp. Aph. 2.46, cf. Aër. 23,

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