ἀφαυρός

Unknown. Furnée compares φαῦρος (phaûros, “light”), φλαῦρος (phlaûros, “indifferent, bad”) and φαῦλος (phaûlos, “insignificant”). Beekes suggests that ἀμαυρός (amaurós, “dark”) could also be a cognate, believing that this word is of Pre-Greek origin.

ἀφαυρός • (aphaurós) m (feminine ἀφαυρᾱ́, neuter ἀφαυρόν); first/second declension

1. weak, feeble, powerless

   Synonyms: ἀκῐδνός (akĭdnós), ἀσθενής (asthenḗs), μῶλῠς (môlŭs)

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• “ἀφαυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
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