μαύρος

See also: μαυρός

Greek

Inherited from Koine Greek μαῦρος (maûros), from Ancient Greek ἀμαυρός (amaurós, “dark”). Also substantivised.

μαύρος • (mávros) m (feminine μαύρη, neuter μαύρο)

of black (color/colour)
for the color/colour, see μαύρο n (mávro, noun)
(figurative)
1. gloomy, dark, grim
2. depressed, miserable
3. grim, terrible, evil
(typography) bold

On degrees:

Monolectic degrees of comparison of μαύρος (and adjectives for colour) are rare and spurious. The following obsolete forms, mostly dialectal, are found in proverbs and books of the 19th century:

μαυρότερος (more black), μαυρότατος (most, very black).

Comparative: μαυρύτερος (in analogy to μεγαλύτερος)

Comparative: μαυρήτερος

Superlative is best formed with intensifiers: κατα- (kata-) (κατάμαυρος) & the rare παν- (pan-) (πάμμαυρος).
The degrees of synonym μελανός (melanós) serve as substitutes: μελανότερος (melanóteros), μελανότατος (melanótatos).

Declension of μαύρος

number case \ gender	singular			plural
number case \ gender	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	μαύρος •	μαύρη •	μαύρο •	μαύροι •	μαύρες •	μαύρα •
genitive	μαύρου •	μαύρης •	μαύρου •	μαύρων •	μαύρων •	μαύρων •
accusative	μαύρο •	μαύρη •	μαύρο •	μαύρους •	μαύρες •	μαύρα •
vocative	μαύρε •	μαύρη •	μαύρο •	μαύροι •	μαύρες •	μαύρα •
derivations	Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο μαύρος, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο μαύρος, etc.)

μελανός (melanós)
εβένινος (evéninos) (especially for hair)
κορακάτος (korakátos) (especially for hair)
in sense "dark": σκοτεινός (skoteinós), ερεβώδης (erevódis), ασβολερός (asvolerós)

See also

μαυρο- (mavro-) & -μαυρος (-mavros) compounds like μαυρόασπρος (mavróaspros, “black-and-white”), ασπρόμαυρος (asprómavros, “white-and-black”)

and