μαύρος

Etymology
, . Also substantivised.

Adjective

 * 1) of black
 * for the color/colour, see
 * 1) gloomy, dark, grim
 * 2) depressed, miserable
 * 3) grim, terrible, evil
 * 4)  bold
 * 1)  bold

Usage notes
On degrees:
 * Monolectic degrees of comparison of μαύρος (and adjectives for colour) are rare and . 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: (κατάμαυρος) & the rare  (πάμμαυρος).
 * The degrees of synonym serve as substitutes:,.

Synonyms
See also
 * in sense "dark":, ,
 * in sense "dark":, ,
 * in sense "dark":, ,
 * in sense "dark":, ,

Related terms
and
 * & compounds like ,