ἀμαυρόω

amauroo

make dim, faint

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

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Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book X 1
Chapter 4 1174a13–1175a20

1175a10
Generation of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 4 769b30–773a29

772b28
Meteorology 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 8 365b21–369a9

367b28
Parts of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 4 665a27–667b9

667a18

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀμαυρόω, Sol. and X., v.infr.: fut. -ώσω Simon. 4.5: aor. ἀμαύρωσα Pi. P. 12.13, ἠμαύρωσα AP 9.24, Plb. 6.15.7, etc.: pf. ἠμαύρωκα Str. 8.1.1:—Med., aor. opt. ἀμαυρώσαιτο Aristaenet. 1.16:—Pass., Philist. ap.Phot.p.88R.: pf. ἠμαύρωμαι Plu. Per. 11: aor. ἀμαυρώθην (without augm.) Hdt. 9.10:—A. 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, PMag. Berol.1.102. 3. blind, ὄμματα Tab.Defix.Aud. 241.13 (Carthage, ii/iii A.D.), etc. II. 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, Aret. CD 2.6; ἡ νεαρὴ [τροφὴ] ἠμαύρωσε τὴν παλαιήν ib.13:—Pass., Thphr. HP 9.14.3; ἡ ἡδονὴ -οῦται Arist. EN 1175a10; ἠμαυρωμένος τὸ ἀξίωμα, τῇ δόξῃ, Plu. Per. 11, Cor. 31; to be dazzled, περὶ τὸν χρυσόν Onos. 1.8.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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