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μαυρός
μαυρός
See also: μαύρος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀμαυρός (amaurós)
Adjective
μαυρός • (maurós) m, f (neuter μαυρόν); second declension
- barely seen, dim, faint, shadowy
- dark
- sightless, blind
- unknown, uncertain, obscure
- inconspicuous
- weak, feeble
Inflection
Second declension of μαυρός, μαυρόν
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||
| Nominative | μαυρός | μαυρόν | μαυρώ | μαυρώ | μαυροί | μαυρᾰ́ | ||||||
| Genitive | μαυροῦ | μαυροῦ | μαυροῖν | μαυροῖν | μαυρῶν | μαυρῶν | ||||||
| Dative | μαυρῷ | μαυρῷ | μαυροῖν | μαυροῖν | μαυροῖς | μαυροῖς | ||||||
| Accusative | μαυρόν | μαυρόν | μαυρώ | μαυρώ | μαυρούς | μαυρᾰ́ | ||||||
| Vocative | μαυρέ | μαυρόν | μαυρώ | μαυρώ | μαυροί | μαυρᾰ́ | ||||||
Descendants
- Greek: μαύρος (mávros, “black, dark”, adjective)
References
- μαυρός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- «μαυρός» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette