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 • (mŭ́ōps) 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

Third declension of ὁ μῠ́ωψ; τοῦ μῠ́ωπος (Attic)

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 tôi 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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • fly idem, page 331.
  • gadfly idem, page 351.