μύωψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μύω (múō) +‎ ὤψ (ṓps).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mý.ɔːps/ → /ˈmy.ops/ → /ˈmi.ops/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mý.ɔːps/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.ops/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.ops/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.ops/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ops/

Noun

μῠ́ωψ • (múōps) m (genitive μῠ́ωπος); third declension

1. A closing or contracting of the eyes
2. gadfly, horsefly
3. (figuratively) goad, spur
4. a short-sighted person

Declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ὁ μῠ́ωψ; τοῦ μῠ́ωπος (Attic)

Derived terms

• μυωπίᾱ (muōpíā)
• μυωπίας (muōpías)
• μυωπίασις (muōpíasis)
• μυωπίζω (muōpízō)

Descendants

• → Esperanto: miopa
• → French: myope
• → German: myop

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.
  • fly idem, page 331.
  • gadfly idem, page 351.