μυωπία

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /my.ɔː.pí.aː/ → /my.oˈpi.a/ → /mi.oˈpi.a/

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

Etymology 1

From μύωψ (múōps, “squinting, short-sighted”) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā).

Noun

μῠωπίᾱ • (mŭōpíā) f (genitive μῠωπίᾱς); first declension

1. shortsightedness

Declension

First declension of ἡ μῠωπῐ́ᾱ; τῆς μῠωπῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μῠωπῐ́ᾱ hē mŭōpĭ́ā	τὼ μῠωπῐ́ᾱ tṑ mŭōpĭ́ā	αἱ μῠωπῐ́αι hai mŭōpĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς μῠωπῐ́ᾱς tês mŭōpĭ́ās	τοῖν μῠωπῐ́αιν toîn mŭōpĭ́ain	τῶν μῠωπῐῶν tôn mŭōpĭôn
Dative	τῇ μῠωπῐ́ᾳ têi mŭōpĭ́āi	τοῖν μῠωπῐ́αιν toîn mŭōpĭ́ain	ταῖς μῠωπῐ́αις taîs mŭōpĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν μῠωπῐ́ᾱν tḕn mŭōpĭ́ān	τὼ μῠωπῐ́ᾱ tṑ mŭōpĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς μῠωπῐ́ᾱς tā̀s mŭōpĭ́ās
Vocative	μῠωπῐ́ᾱ mŭōpĭ́ā	μῠωπῐ́ᾱ mŭōpĭ́ā	μῠωπῐ́αι mŭōpĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• μυωπίασις (muōpíasis)

Descendants

• → Catalan: miopia
• → English: myopia
• → Greek: μυωπία (myopía) (learned)
• → Italian: miopia
• → Polish: miopia
• → Portuguese: miopia
• → Spanish: miopía

Etymology 2

From μῦς (mûs, “mouse”) +‎ ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā).

Noun

μῠωπίᾱ • (mŭōpíā) f (genitive μῠωπίᾱς); first declension

1. mousehole

Declension

First declension of ἡ μῠωπῐ́ᾱ; τῆς μῠωπῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μῠωπῐ́ᾱ hē mŭōpĭ́ā	τὼ μῠωπῐ́ᾱ tṑ mŭōpĭ́ā	αἱ μῠωπῐ́αι hai mŭōpĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς μῠωπῐ́ᾱς tês mŭōpĭ́ās	τοῖν μῠωπῐ́αιν toîn mŭōpĭ́ain	τῶν μῠωπῐῶν tôn mŭōpĭôn
Dative	τῇ μῠωπῐ́ᾳ têi mŭōpĭ́āi	τοῖν μῠωπῐ́αιν toîn mŭōpĭ́ain	ταῖς μῠωπῐ́αις taîs mŭōpĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν μῠωπῐ́ᾱν tḕn mŭōpĭ́ān	τὼ μῠωπῐ́ᾱ tṑ mŭōpĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς μῠωπῐ́ᾱς tā̀s mŭōpĭ́ās
Vocative	μῠωπῐ́ᾱ mŭōpĭ́ā	μῠωπῐ́ᾱ mŭōpĭ́ā	μῠωπῐ́αι mŭōpĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• μυωξίᾱ (muōxíā)

Further reading

• μυωπία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “μυωπία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “μυωπία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek μυωπίᾱ (muōpíā), from μύωψ (múōps, “closing or contracting of the eyes”), from μύω (múō, “to close, shut”) +‎ ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.oˈpi.a/
• Hyphenation: μυ‧ω‧πί‧α

Noun

μυωπία • (myopía) f (plural μυωπίες)

1. (medicine) myopia

Declension

Declension of μυωπία

	singular	plural
nominative	μυωπία (myopía)	μυωπίες (myopíes)
genitive	μυωπίας (myopías)	μυωπιών (myopión)
accusative	μυωπία (myopía)	μυωπίες (myopíes)
vocative	μυωπία (myopía)	μυωπίες (myopíes)

Related terms

• μύωπας m (mýopas) / formal: μύωψ (mýops)
• μυωπικός (myopikós, adjective)

Further reading

• μυωπία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
• μυωπία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el