μύωψ
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mý.ɔːps/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmy.ops/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmy.ops/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmy.ops/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmi.ops/
Noun
editμῠ́ωψ • (múōps) m (genitive μῠ́ωπος); third declension
- A closing or contracting of the eyes
- gadfly, horsefly
- (figuratively) goad, spur
- a short-sighted person
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ μῠ́ωψ ho múōps |
τὼ μῠ́ωπε tṑ múōpe |
οἱ μῠ́ωπες hoi múōpes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μῠ́ωπος toû múōpos |
τοῖν μῠώποιν toîn muṓpoin |
τῶν μῠώπων tôn muṓpōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μῠ́ωπῐ tôi múōpi |
τοῖν μῠώποιν toîn muṓpoin |
τοῖς μῠ́ωψῐ / μῠ́ωψῐν toîs múōpsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν μῠ́ωπᾰ tòn múōpa |
τὼ μῠ́ωπε tṑ múōpe |
τοὺς μῠ́ωπᾰς toùs múōpas | ||||||||||
Vocative | μῠ́ωψ múōps |
μῠ́ωπε múōpe |
μῠ́ωπες múōpes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.