μύωψ
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (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/
Etymology 1
Adjective
μῠ́ωψ • (mŭ́ōps) m or f (neuter μῠ́ωψ); third declension
- closing the eyes
- (figurative) shortsighted
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | μῠ́ωψ mŭ́ōps |
μῠ́ωψ mŭ́ōps |
μῠ́ωπε mŭ́ōpe |
μῠ́ωπε mŭ́ōpe |
μῠ́ωπες mŭ́ōpes |
μῠ́ωπᾰ mŭ́ōpă | ||||||||
| Genitive | μῠ́ωπος mŭ́ōpos |
μῠ́ωπος mŭ́ōpos |
μῠώποιν mŭṓpoin |
μῠώποιν mŭṓpoin |
μῠώπων mŭṓpōn |
μῠώπων mŭṓpōn | ||||||||
| Dative | μῠ́ωπῐ mŭ́ōpĭ |
μῠ́ωπῐ mŭ́ōpĭ |
μῠώποιν mŭṓpoin |
μῠώποιν mŭṓpoin |
μῠ́ωψῐ μῠ́ωψῐν mŭ́ōpsĭ(n) |
μῠ́ωψῐ μῠ́ωψῐν mŭ́ōpsĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | μῠ́ωπᾰ mŭ́ōpă |
μῠ́ωψ mŭ́ōps |
μῠ́ωπε mŭ́ōpe |
μῠ́ωπε mŭ́ōpe |
μῠ́ωπᾰς mŭ́ōpăs |
μῠ́ωπᾰ mŭ́ōpă | ||||||||
| Vocative | μῠ́ωψ mŭ́ōps |
μῠ́ωψ mŭ́ōps |
μῠ́ωπε mŭ́ōpe |
μῠ́ωπε mŭ́ōpe |
μῠ́ωπες mŭ́ōpes |
μῠ́ωπᾰ mŭ́ōpă | ||||||||
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Derived terms
- μῠωπᾰ́ζω (mŭōpắzō)
- μῠωπῐ́ᾱ (mŭōpĭ́ā)
- μῠωπῐᾰ́ζω (mŭōpĭắzō)
- μῠωπῐ́ᾱς (mŭōpĭ́ās)
- μῠωπῐ́ᾱσῐς (mŭōpĭ́āsĭs)
- μῠωπός (mŭōpós)
Related terms
- μῠώψ (mŭṓps)
Descendants
Noun
μῠ́ωψ • (mŭ́ōps) m or f (genitive μῠ́ωπος); third declension
- a closing or contracting of the eyes
- a short-sighted person
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ / ἡ μῠ́ωψ ho / hē mŭ́ōps |
τὼ μῠ́ωπε tṑ mŭ́ōpe |
οἱ / αἱ μῠ́ωπες hoi / hai mŭ́ōpes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ / τῆς μῠ́ωπος toû / tês mŭ́ōpos |
τοῖν μῠώποιν toîn mŭṓpoin |
τῶν μῠώπων tôn mŭṓpōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ / τῇ μῠ́ωπῐ tōî / tēî mŭ́ōpĭ |
τοῖν μῠώποιν toîn mŭṓpoin |
τοῖς / ταῖς μῠ́ωψῐ / μῠ́ωψῐν toîs / taîs mŭ́ōpsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν / τὴν μῠ́ωπᾰ tòn / tḕn mŭ́ōpă |
τὼ μῠ́ωπε tṑ mŭ́ōpe |
τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς μῠ́ωπᾰς toùs / tā̀s mŭ́ōpăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μῠ́ωψ mŭ́ōps |
μῠ́ωπε mŭ́ōpe |
μῠ́ωπες mŭ́ōpes | ||||||||||
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Etymology 2
Possibly originally from μυῖᾰ (muîă) + ὤψ (ṓps).
Noun
μῠ́ωψ • (mŭ́ōps) m (genitive μῠ́ωπος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ μῠ́ωψ ho mŭ́ōps |
τὼ μῠ́ωπε tṑ mŭ́ōpe |
οἱ μῠ́ωπες hoi mŭ́ōpes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μῠ́ωπος toû mŭ́ōpos |
τοῖν μῠώποιν toîn mŭṓpoin |
τῶν μῠώπων tôn mŭṓpōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μῠ́ωπῐ tōî mŭ́ōpĭ |
τοῖν μῠώποιν toîn mŭṓpoin |
τοῖς μῠ́ωψῐ / μῠ́ωψῐν toîs mŭ́ōpsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν μῠ́ωπᾰ tòn mŭ́ōpă |
τὼ μῠ́ωπε tṑ mŭ́ōpe |
τοὺς μῠ́ωπᾰς toùs mŭ́ōpăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μῠ́ωψ mŭ́ōps |
μῠ́ωπε mŭ́ōpe |
μῠ́ωπες mŭ́ōpes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- μῠώπη (mŭṓpē)
- μῠωπῐ́ζω (mŭōpĭ́zō)
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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.