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[[be dim-sighted]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀμβλυώσσειν]], [[ἀμβλὺ ὁρᾶν]], [[verse|V.]] [[βλέπειν βραχύ]] ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''Ion'', 744). | [[be dim-sighted]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀμβλυώσσειν]], [[ἀμβλὺ ὁρᾶν]], [[verse|V.]] [[βλέπειν βραχύ]] ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''Ion'', 744). | ||
[[vague]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀσαφής]], [[ἄδηλος]], [[verse|V.]] [[ | [[vague]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀσαφής]], [[ἄδηλος]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἄσημος]], [[ἄσκοπος]], [[ἐπάργεμος]]. | ||
[[tarnished]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[δυσπινής]], [[verse|V.]] [[πινώδης]], [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[αὐχμηρός]]. | [[tarnished]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[δυσπινής]], [[verse|V.]] [[πινώδης]], [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[αὐχμηρός]]. | ||
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
P. ἀμυδρός, V. ἀμαυρός, P. and V. ἀσαφής.
dark, without light: P. and V. σκοτεινός, P. σκοτώδης, V. ἀμαυρός, κνεφαῖος, ἀφεγγής, λυγαῖος; see dark.
of colour: P. and V. μέλας, V. μελάγχιμος, κελαινός, ἐρεμνός.
of sight: V. ἀμαυρός, ἀμβλώψ (Eur., Rhesus).
be dim-sighted: P. ἀμβλυώσσειν, ἀμβλὺ ὁρᾶν, V. βλέπειν βραχύ (Eur., Ion, 744).
vague: P. and V. ἀσαφής, ἄδηλος, V. ἄσημος, ἄσκοπος, ἐπάργεμος.
tarnished: Ar. and V. δυσπινής, V. πινώδης, P. and V. αὐχμηρός.
verb transitive
V. ἀμαυροῦν (also Xen. but rare P.), V. σκοτοῦν (pass. in Plato), P. ἐπισκοτεῖν (dat.).
dimmed: V. μαυρούμενος (Aesch., Agamemnon 296).
Met., sully: P. and V. αἰσχύνειν, καταισχύνειν.
