ἀμβλυωπία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ᾰ̓μβλῠωπός (ambluōpós, “dim-sighted”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), ultimately from ἀμβλύς (amblús, “blunt, dull”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.bly.ɔː.pí.aː/ → /am.bly.oˈpi.a/ → /am.bli.oˈpi.a/

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

Noun

ᾰ̓μβλῠωπῐ́ᾱ • (ambluōpíā) f (genitive ᾰ̓μβλῠωπῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. dim-sightedness, blurred or distorted vision, myopia or astigmatism
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Aphorisms 3.31–33
   • 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Hippias Minor 374d
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, On Marvellous Things Heard 847a.2
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 16.2.41
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.732c
   • 280 BCE – 220 BCE, Philo of Byzantium, Compendium of Mechanics 2.452
   • Thessal. 167.10
   • 155 CE – 235 CE, Cassius Dio, Collected Works 57.2.4
   • Paul.Aeg. 3.22.25

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓μβλῠωπῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓μβλῠωπῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓μβλῠωπῐ́ᾱ hē ambluōpíā	τὼ ᾰ̓μβλῠωπῐ́ᾱ tṑ ambluōpíā	αἱ ᾰ̓μβλῠωπῐ́αι hai ambluōpíai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓μβλῠωπῐ́ᾱς tês ambluōpíās	τοῖν ᾰ̓μβλῠωπῐ́αιν toîn ambluōpíain	τῶν ᾰ̓μβλῠωπῐῶν tôn ambluōpiôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓μβλῠωπῐ́ᾳ têi ambluōpíāi	τοῖν ᾰ̓μβλῠωπῐ́αιν toîn ambluōpíain	ταῖς ᾰ̓μβλῠωπῐ́αις taîs ambluōpíais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓μβλῠωπῐ́ᾱν tḕn ambluōpíān	τὼ ᾰ̓μβλῠωπῐ́ᾱ tṑ ambluōpíā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓μβλῠωπῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ambluōpíās
Vocative	ᾰ̓μβλῠωπῐ́ᾱ ambluōpíā	ᾰ̓μβλῠωπῐ́ᾱ ambluōpíā	ᾰ̓μβλῠωπῐ́αι ambluōpíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓μβλῠωπητῐκός (ambluōpētikós) (Byzantine)
• ᾰ̓μβλῠωπῐάζω (ambluōpiázō) (Byzantine)

Descendants

• → New Latin: amblyōpia (learned)
  • → English: amblyopia (learned)
  • → Finnish: amblyopia (learned)
  • → French: amblyopie (learned)
  • → Italian: ambliopia (learned)
  • → Portuguese: ambliopia (learned)
  • → Russian: амблиопи́я (ambliopíja) (learned)
  • → Spanish: ambliopía (learned)

References

• “ἀμβλυωπία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀμβλυωπία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)