ἀμυδρός

English (LSJ)

ά, όν,

   A dim, faint, obscure:    1 of impressions on the eye, ἀ. χοιράς a rock dimly seen through water, Archil.129; ἀ. γράμματα scarce legible letters, Th.6.54; ἀ. φέγγος, χρῶμα, Arist.Mete.343b13, 372a2; ἀ. τὰ εἴδη τῶν ἰχθύων, σκιὰς μᾶλλον ἢ ἰχθῦς εἰκάσεις (in a painting) Paus.10.28.1. Adv. ἀμυδσῶς, βλέπειν, ὁρᾶν, Arist.HA537b11, 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 Aret.CA2.3, cf.SD1.12; τυπαί Nic.Th.358 (Comp.).    3 of impressions on the mind, vague, ἀ. εἶδος Pl.Ti.49a; ἀ. πρὸς ἀλήθειαν faint in comparison with truth, Id.R.597a; δι' ἀμυδρῶν ὀργάνων by imperfect organs, Id.Phdr.250b, cf. Tht.195a; μαντεῖα ἀμυδρότερα τοῦ τι σαφὲς σημαίνειν too obscure... Id.Ti.72b; ἀ. ἐλπίς Plu.Alc.38; ἀ. λόγος [Longin.] Rh.p.195H.; -ότερα σχήματα Aps.p.327 H.; συναίσθησις Dam.Pr.81 (Sup.), etc. Adv. -ῶς καὶ οὐθὲν σαφῶς Arist.Metaph.985a13, cf. 988a23; faintly, of one near death, Max.Tyr.16.2: Comp. ἀμυδρότερον Pl. Sph.250e, Plu.2.1025d.

German (Pape)

[Seite 130] ά, όν (vgl. ἀμαυρόσἶ), dunkel, schwer zu erkennen, γρἀμματα, unleserlich, Thuc. 6, 54; Dem. 59. 76; P1ut. Rom. 7; φῶς Luc. A1ex. 17; ἀμοδρὰ ναὶ ἀσαφὴς τὸ χρῶμα Plsc. 16; ἀμοδρὸν βλέπειν Ael. V. H. 6, 12. Uebh. schwach, ὄργανα, ὄνομα, Plat. Phaedr. 250 b Rep. VII, 533 d u. sster; ἐλπίς Plut. Alc. 58, u. ähnl. εἴδωλα (wofür vorher κεναὶ ἐλπίδες) Crinag. 33 (IX, 234). – Bei Archil. 98 χοιράς, verborgene, verderbliche Klippe. – Adv., ἀμνδρότερον ἀναφαίνεσθαι, minder deutlich, Plat. Soph. 250 e; καὶ κακῶς μιμεῖσθαι, schwach, Ae 1. H. A. 2, 8.