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μύωψ

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μύωψ μύωπος

Structure: μυωπ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: mu/w, w)/y

Sense

  1. contracting the eyes, shortsighted
  2. the horsefly or gadfly
  3. a good, spur, a stimulant

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μύωψ μύωπε μύωπες
Genitive μύωπος μυώποιν μυώπων
Dative μύωπι μυώποιν μύωψιν*
Accusative μύωπα μύωπε μύωπας
Vocative μύωψ μύωπε μύωπες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • βοηλάτην μύωπα κινητήριον. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode 7:14)
  • Τόφρα δ’ Ἔρωσ πολιοῖο δι’ ἠέροσ ἷξεν ἄφαντοσ, τετρηχώσ, οἱο͂́ν τε νέαισ ἐπὶ φορβάσιν οἶστροσ τέλλεται, ὅν τε μύωπα βοῶν κλείουσι νομῆεσ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 5:13)
  • καὶ εἰκάζουσιν δὲ οὕτωσ, οἱο͂ν πιθήκῳ αὐλητήν, λύχνῳ ψακαζομένῳ εἰσ μύωπα· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 11 12:1)
  • ἤπαφε καὶ σὲ μύωπα Μύρων, ὅτι κέντρον ἐρείδεισ πλευραῖσ χαλκοχύτοισ ἀντιτύποιο βοόσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 7391)
  • Λυσιδίκη σοί, Κύπρι, τὸν ἱππαστῆρα μύωπα, χρύσεον εὐκνήμου κέντρον ἔθηκε ποδόσ, ᾧ πολὺν ὕπτιον ἵππον ἐγύμνασεν οὐ δὲ ποτ’ αὐτῆσ μηρὸσ ἐφοινίχθη κοῦφα τινασσομένησ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2031)

Synonyms

  1. contracting the eyes

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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