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Ἀμαυρά · faint [things] (α 1511) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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α1507amastes
α1508amastos
α1509side-by-side driving
α1510[Kasiotic] knots
α1511faint [things]
α1512without fighting
α1513Amachios, Amachius
α1514impossible, unconquerable
α1515unbattled

Suda/Α alpha/α1511

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Ἀμαυρά

faint [things]

Translated by William Hutton24 Apr 2001Vetting: high7 revisions

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2 notes · 35 words

Translation

[Meaning] dark [ones]. Whence also 'faint',¹ [meaning] that which is not conspicuous.²
And Arrian [writes]: "for these reasons even for the future I have no faint a hope that [things] will go well for me."³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀμαυρά· σκοτεινά. ὅθεν καὶ ἀμαυρόν, τὸ μὴ διαφανές. καὶ Ἀρριανός· ἐξ ὧν καὶ τὰ ὑπόλοιπα δι' ἐλπίδος ἔχω οὐκ ἀμαυρᾶς, ὅτι καλῶς μοι ἕξει.

Betacode

*)amaura/: skoteina/. o(/qen kai\ a)mauro/n, to\ mh\ diafane/s. kai\ *)arriano/s: e)c w(=n kai\ ta\ u(po/loipa di' e)lpi/dos e)/xw ou)k a)maura=s, o(/ti kalw=s moi e(/cei.

Notes (2)

[1] i.e. the neuter singular of the headword.
2Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius alpha1145 Theodoridis. Latte on Hesychius s.v. a)mauro/n regards a)maura/ as extracted from the Septuagint (Leviticus 13.4), but there are numerous other possibilities. ↩
3Arrian, Parthica p.77 Roos (FGrH 156 F118). In this common Greek idiom, 'no(t) faint' means strong.

Linked from1 entry

α1627Ἀμοργοί πόλεως ὄλεθροςsqueezers [are] a city's ruinCratinus in Seriphians [sc. uses the phrase]. They also call them morgoi, taking away the alpha, as in other cases: for they call amauron mauron and asphodelon sphodelon.

Neighbouring entries

α1509Ἁματροχίαside-by-side driving α1510Ἅμματα[Kasiotic] knots α1511Ἀμαυράfaint [things]α1512Ἀμαχείwithout fighting α1513ἈμάχιοςAmachios, Amachius

Revision history7 revisions · last 15 Aug 2015

15 Aug 2015coding — David Whitehead
16 Jun 2015another keyword — David Whitehead
20 Aug 2013tweaking — David Whitehead
11 Mar 2012coding — Catharine Roth
12 Feb 2012augmented notes; another keyword — David Whitehead
28 Mar 2006augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
25 Apr 2001added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
24 Apr 2001Translated — William Hutton

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀμαυρά (Adler number alpha 1511), trans. William Hutton, 24 Apr 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/1511

Translation by William Hutton for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗