μαυρός

See also: μαύρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἀμαυρός (amaurós)

Etymology

Possibly the Moors' native name (from a dialect of Arabic), or connected to ἀμαυρός (amaurós, “dark, dim, faint”), though this adjective only appears in late Greek and could have originated from the peoples' name as the reverse.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mau̯.rós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mawˈros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈβros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈvros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈvros/

Adjective

μαυρός • (maurós) m, f (neuter μαυρόν); second declension

Inflection

Second declension of μαυρός; μαυρόν (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	μαυρός maurós	μαυρόν maurón	μαυρώ maurṓ	μαυρώ maurṓ	μαυροί mauroí	μαυρᾰ́ maurá
Genitive	μαυροῦ mauroû	μαυροῦ mauroû	μαυροῖν mauroîn	μαυροῖν mauroîn	μαυρῶν maurôn	μαυρῶν maurôn
Dative	μαυρῷ maurôi	μαυρῷ maurôi	μαυροῖν mauroîn	μαυροῖν mauroîn	μαυροῖς mauroîs	μαυροῖς mauroîs
Accusative	μαυρόν maurón	μαυρόν maurón	μαυρώ maurṓ	μαυρώ maurṓ	μαυρούς mauroús	μαυρᾰ́ maurá
Vocative	μαυρέ mauré	μαυρόν maurón	μαυρώ maurṓ	μαυρώ maurṓ	μαυροί mauroí	μαυρᾰ́ maurá
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	μαυρῶς maurôs		μαυρότερος mauróteros		μαυρότᾰτος maurótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: μαύρος (mávros, “black, dark”)

References

μαυρός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
μαυρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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