A.dark, i.e.,
1. hardly seen, dim, faint, εἴδωλον ἀ. shadowy spectre, Od.4.824; “νέκυες” Sapph.68; ἴχνος faint footstep, of an old man, E.HF124, cf. X.Cyn. 6.21; of the sun, “ἀχλυώδης καὶ ἀμαυρότερος” obscure, glimmering, Arist. Mete.367a21; of a comet's tail, ib.343b12, cf. Theoc.22.21.
2. having no light, “νύξ” Luc.Am.32; “ὄψις” X.Cyn.5.26:—hence, blind, sightless, of man, S.OC1018; ἕπεο . . ἀμαυρῷ κώλῳ ib.182; ψαύσας ἀμαυραῖς χερσίν ib.1639; ἀμαυρά or “ἀμαυρῶς βλέπειν” dimly, Hp.Acut. (Sp.)55, AP12.254 (Strat.), cf.IG14.2111.
3. of sound, dim, faint, Arist.Aud.802a19.
II. metaph.,
1. dim, faint, uncertain, “κληδών” A.Ch.853; “σθένος” E.HF231; δόξα, ἡδοναί, ἐλπίς, Plu.Lyc.4, 2.125c, Arr. ap. Suid.; ζῷα-ότερα creatures of obscure kind, Arist.HA608a11; ἐντομαὶ -ότεραι less conspicuous notches, Thphr. HP6.2.5, cf. 6.7.1.