μυωπία
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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /my.ɔː.pí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /my.oˈpi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /my.oˈpi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /my.oˈpi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.oˈpi.a/
Etymology 1
From μύωψ (múōps, “squinting, short-sighted”) + -ίᾱ (-íā).
Noun
μῠωπίᾱ • (mŭōpíā) f (genitive μῠωπίᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μῠωπῐ́ᾱ hē mŭōpĭ́ā |
τὼ μῠωπῐ́ᾱ tṑ mŭōpĭ́ā |
αἱ μῠωπῐ́αι hai mŭōpĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μῠωπῐ́ᾱς tês mŭōpĭ́ās |
τοῖν μῠωπῐ́αιν toîn mŭōpĭ́ain |
τῶν μῠωπῐῶν tôn mŭōpĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μῠωπῐ́ᾳ têi mŭōpĭ́āi |
τοῖν μῠωπῐ́αιν toîn mŭōpĭ́ain |
ταῖς μῠωπῐ́αις taîs mŭōpĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μῠωπῐ́ᾱν tḕn mŭōpĭ́ān |
τὼ μῠωπῐ́ᾱ tṑ mŭōpĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς μῠωπῐ́ᾱς tā̀s mŭōpĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μῠωπῐ́ᾱ mŭōpĭ́ā |
μῠωπῐ́ᾱ mŭōpĭ́ā |
μῠωπῐ́αι mŭōpĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- μυωπίασις (muōpíasis)
Descendants
- → Catalan: miopia
- → English: myopia
- → Greek: μυωπία (myopía) (learned)
- → Italian: miopia
- → Polish: miopia
- → Portuguese: miopia
- → Spanish: miopía
Etymology 2
From μῦς (mûs, “mouse”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”) + -ίᾱ (-íā).
Noun
μῠωπίᾱ • (mŭōpíā) f (genitive μῠωπίᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μῠωπῐ́ᾱ hē mŭōpĭ́ā |
τὼ μῠωπῐ́ᾱ tṑ mŭōpĭ́ā |
αἱ μῠωπῐ́αι hai mŭōpĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μῠωπῐ́ᾱς tês mŭōpĭ́ās |
τοῖν μῠωπῐ́αιν toîn mŭōpĭ́ain |
τῶν μῠωπῐῶν tôn mŭōpĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μῠωπῐ́ᾳ têi mŭōpĭ́āi |
τοῖν μῠωπῐ́αιν toîn mŭōpĭ́ain |
ταῖς μῠωπῐ́αις taîs mŭōpĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μῠωπῐ́ᾱν tḕn mŭōpĭ́ān |
τὼ μῠωπῐ́ᾱ tṑ mŭōpĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς μῠωπῐ́ᾱς tā̀s mŭōpĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μῠωπῐ́ᾱ mŭōpĭ́ā |
μῠωπῐ́ᾱ mŭōpĭ́ā |
μῠωπῐ́αι mŭōpĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- μυωξίᾱ (muōxíā)
Further reading
- μυωπία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “μυωπία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “μυωπία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Koine Greek μυωπίᾱ (muōpíā), from μύωψ (múōps, “closing or contracting of the eyes”), from μύω (múō, “to close, shut”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”).
Pronunciation
Noun
μυωπία • (myopía) f (plural μυωπίες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μυωπία (myopía) | μυωπίες (myopíes) |
| genitive | μυωπίας (myopías) | μυωπιών (myopión) |
| accusative | μυωπία (myopía) | μυωπίες (myopíes) |
| vocative | μυωπία (myopía) | μυωπίες (myopíes) |
Related terms
Further reading
- μυωπία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
μυωπία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
