ἀβλεψία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ βλέπω (blépō, “to see”) thus literally, “unseeing-ness”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.blep.sí.aː/ → /a.βlepˈsi.a/ → /a.vlepˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.blep.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.blepˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.βlepˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.vlepˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.vlepˈsi.a/

Noun

ἀβλεψίᾱ • (ablepsíā) f (genitive ἀβλεψίᾱς); first declension

1. blindness
2. failure to see (something)
3. invisibility

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἀ̆βλεψῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἀ̆βλεψῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ ἀ̆βλεψῐ́ᾱ hē ablepsíā
Genitive	τῆς ἀ̆βλεψῐ́ᾱς tês ablepsíās
Dative	τῇ ἀ̆βλεψῐ́ᾳ têi ablepsíāi
Accusative	τὴν ἀ̆βλεψῐ́ᾱν tḕn ablepsíān
Vocative	ἀ̆βλεψῐ́ᾱ ablepsíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• ἀβλεψία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀβλεψία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἀβλεψία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press