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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μύω (múō) + ὤψ (ṓps).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mý.ɔːps/ → /ˈmy.ops/ → /ˈmi.ops/
Noun
μῠ́ωψ • (múōps) m (genitive μῠ́ωπος); third declension
- A closing or contracting of the eyes
- gadfly, horsefly
- (figuratively) goad, spur
- a short-sighted person
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Further reading
- “μύωψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μύωψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μύωψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.