μυωπία

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /my.ɔː.pí.aː/ → /my.oˈpi.a/ → /mi.oˈpi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /my.ɔː.pí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /my.oˈpi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /my.oˈpi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /my.oˈpi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.oˈpi.a/

Etymology 1

From μύωψ (múōps, “squinting, short-sighted”) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā).

Noun

μῠωπίᾱ • (muōpíā) f (genitive μῠωπίᾱς); first declension

1. shortsightedness

Declension

First declension of ἡ μῠωπῐ́ᾱ; τῆς μῠωπῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μῠωπῐ́ᾱ hē muōpíā	τὼ μῠωπῐ́ᾱ tṑ muōpíā	αἱ μῠωπῐ́αι hai muōpíai
Genitive	τῆς μῠωπῐ́ᾱς tês muōpíās	τοῖν μῠωπῐ́αιν toîn muōpíain	τῶν μῠωπῐῶν tôn muōpiôn
Dative	τῇ μῠωπῐ́ᾳ têi muōpíāi	τοῖν μῠωπῐ́αιν toîn muōpíain	ταῖς μῠωπῐ́αις taîs muōpíais
Accusative	τὴν μῠωπῐ́ᾱν tḕn muōpíān	τὼ μῠωπῐ́ᾱ tṑ muōpíā	τᾱ̀ς μῠωπῐ́ᾱς tā̀s muōpíās
Vocative	μῠωπῐ́ᾱ muōpíā	μῠωπῐ́ᾱ muōpíā	μῠωπῐ́αι muōpíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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 • (muōpíā) f (genitive μῠωπίᾱς); first declension

1. mousehole

Declension

First declension of ἡ μῠωπῐ́ᾱ; τῆς μῠωπῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μῠωπῐ́ᾱ hē muōpíā	τὼ μῠωπῐ́ᾱ tṑ muōpíā	αἱ μῠωπῐ́αι hai muōpíai
Genitive	τῆς μῠωπῐ́ᾱς tês muōpíās	τοῖν μῠωπῐ́αιν toîn muōpíain	τῶν μῠωπῐῶν tôn muōpiôn
Dative	τῇ μῠωπῐ́ᾳ têi muōpíāi	τοῖν μῠωπῐ́αιν toîn muōpíain	ταῖς μῠωπῐ́αις taîs muōpíais
Accusative	τὴν μῠωπῐ́ᾱν tḕn muōpíān	τὼ μῠωπῐ́ᾱ tṑ muōpíā	τᾱ̀ς μῠωπῐ́ᾱς tā̀s muōpíās
Vocative	μῠωπῐ́ᾱ muōpíā	μῠωπῐ́ᾱ muōpíā	μῠωπῐ́αι muōpíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• μυωξίᾱ (muōxíā)

Further reading

• μυωπία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “μυωπία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 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

• IPA^(key): /mi.oˈpi.a/
• Hyphenation: μυ‧ω‧πί‧α

Noun

μυωπία • (myopía) f (plural μυωπίες)

1. (medicine) myopia

Declension

Declension of μυωπία

	singular	plural
nominative	μυωπία •	μυωπίες •
genitive	μυωπίας •	μυωπιών •
accusative	μυωπία •	μυωπίες •
vocative	μυωπία •	μυωπίες •

Related terms

• μύωπας m (mýopas) / formal: μύωψ (mýops)
• μυωπικός (myopikós, adjective)

Further reading

• μυωπία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
• μυωπία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el