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ἀμαύρωσις

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Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil

Plato, Laws, 626e
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Transliteration A: amaúrōsis Transliteration B: amaurōsis Transliteration C: amayrosis Beta Code: a)mau/rwsis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A darkening, ὀμμάτων ἀ. becoming dull of sight, Hp.Coac.221: later, complete hindrance to sight without any visible cause, Gal.14.776.    2 dulling, as of mind in old age, Arist. de An.408b20, cf. Diog.Oen.Fr.70 (pl.).    3 spell which renders invisible, PMag.Berol.1.222a,247.    II lowering, detraction, Plu.2.149a.    III = κώνειον, Ps.-Dsc.4.78.    IV Astrol., name for eighth τόπος of the δωδεκάωρος, Cat.Cod.Astr.8(4).161.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀμαύρωσις: -εως, ἡ, ἐπισκότισις, ὀμμάτων ἀμ., ὅταν ἀρχίσῃ τις νὰ μὴ βλέπῃ σαφῶς, Ἱππ. Κωακ. Προγν. 154: παρὰ μεταγ., ἡ παντελὴς ἐπισκότισις τῆς ὄψεως ἄνευ φανερᾶς αἰτίας, Γαλην. 14. 776. 2) ἡ ἀμβλύτης, ἡ νωθρότης τοῦ νοῦ, ὡς συμβαίνει ἐν τῇ πρεσβυτικῇ ἡλικίᾳ, «ἡ τοῦ γήρως λάρησις» (Ἀρετ.), «ξεμώραμα» (Κοραῆς), Ἀριστ. Περὶ Ψυχ. 1. 4.13. ΙΙ. δυσφημία κατὰ τῆς τιμῆς ἢ τῆς ὑπολήψεώς τινος, Πλούτ. 2. 149Α.

Spanish (DGE)

-εως, ἡ
I 1oscurecimiento, debilidaddel sol περὶ τὰς ἀκτῖνας Sch.Arat.869M.
de los sentidos ὀμμάτων Hp.Coac.221, Prorrh.1.113, cf. Gal.14.776, 16.609, Plu.Ant.71
de la mente ἐν τῷ γήρᾳ Arist.de An.408b20, τῶν γερόντων Diog.Oen.57.1.5, cf. Thd.Am.5.26
tanto de la vista como de la mente, I.AI 9.57, 2Ep.Clem.1.6
τῶν χρηστηρίων Plu.2.411e.
2 conjuro que hace invisible, PMag.1.222, 247.
3 rebajamiento, humillación Plu.2.149a.
4 destrucción como otro n. de la cicuta Ps.Dsc.4.78.
II astrol. amaurosis n. de la octava casa del δωδεκάωρος Cat.Cod.Astr.8(4).161.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἀμαύρωσις: εως ἡ
1) помрачение, т. е. ослабление, притупление (τοῦ νοῦ ἐν τῷ γήρᾳ Arst.; τῶν αἰσθητηρίων Plut.);
2) бессодержательность, вздорность (τῶν χρηστηρίων Plut.);
3) умаление (ἀ. ἢ ταπείνωσις Plut.).