dim

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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.

gray: P. φαιός (Plato).

of sight: V. ἀμαυρός, ἀμβλώψ (Euripides, Rhesus).

be dim-sighted: P. ἀμβλυώσσειν, ἀμβλὺ ὁρᾶν, V. βλέπειν βραχύ (Euripides, 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).

tarnish: P. and V. μιαίνειν.

Met., sully: P. and V. αἰσχύνειν, καταισχύνειν.