ἀμαυρός
amauros

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2024-12-12
Primary meaning dim
Literal translation obscure
Variants
ἀμαυρός amauros
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dim astrological concept

Ἥλιος, Ἄρης, Ἀφροδίτη Λέοντι, Σελήνη Ὑδροχόῳ, Κρόνος Κριῷ, Ζεὺς Ἰχθύσιν, Ἑρμῆς Καρκίνῳ, ὡροσκόπος Παρθένῳ (...) οἱ κακοποιοὶ ὑπὸ τῆς ἡλιακῆς ἀκτῖνος ἀφαιρετικοὶ καὶ ἀμαυρότεροι γεγόνασι καὶ εἰς ἀσθενεστέρους τόπους πεπτώκασιν.

‘The Sun, Mars, Venus in Leo; the Moon in Aquarius; Saturn in Aries; Jupiter in Pisces; Mercury in Cancer; the Ascendant in Virgo (...) The malefics were “subtractive” (retrograde) beneath the ray of the Sun, and dimmer, and they came out at weaker places.’

— Vettius Valens 5.6.92–99

Genre: horoscope
Date: 2nd century CE

(GH L 112,VII)


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ἀμαυρός (Lemma #401). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/401/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ἀμαυρός (Lemma #401). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/401/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ἀμαυρός (Lemma #401). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/401/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024) ἀμαυρός (Lemma #401), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/401/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac401,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἀμαυρός ({Lemma} #401)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/401/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/401/},
}