ἀμυδρός
amydros
dim, faint, obscure
Appears 13 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀμυδρός, ά, όν, A. dim, faint, obscure: 1. of impressions on the eye, ἀ. χοιράς a rock dimly seen through water, 129; ἀ. γράμματα scarce legible letters, 6.54; ἀ. φέγγος, χρῶμα, Mete. 343b13, 372a2; ἀ. τὰ εἴδη τῶν ἰχθύων, σκιὰς μᾶλλον ἢ ἰχθῦς εἰκάσεις (in a painting) 10.28.1. Adv. ἀμυδσῶς, βλέπειν, ὁρᾶν, HA 537b11, 556b19; ἀ. μιμεῖσθαί τι represent its form obscurely, ib.502b9; ἀ. ἔχειν to be ill-defined, PA 668a3. 2. generally, faint, weak, σφυγμὸς ἀ. τὸν τόνον CA 2.3, cf.SD 1.12; τυπαί Th. 358 (Comp.). 3. of impressions on the mind, vague, ἀ. εἶδος Ti. 49a; ἀ. πρὸς ἀλήθειαν faint in comparison with truth, R. 597a; διʼ ἀμυδρῶν ὀργάνων by imperfect organs, Phdr. 250b, cf. Tht. 195a; μαντεῖα ἀμυδρότερα τοῦ τι σαφὲς σημαίνειν too obscure . . , Ti. 72b; ἀ. ἐλπίς Alc. 38; ἀ. λόγος [] Rh.p.195H.; -ότερα σχήματα Aps.p.327 H.; συναίσθησις Pr. 81 (Sup.), etc. Adv. -ῶς καὶ οὐθὲν σαφῶς Metaph. 985a13, cf. 988a23; faintly, of one near death, 16.2: Comp. ἀμυδρότερον Sph. 250e, 2.1025d.
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