μυωπάζω: Difference between revisions
κεῖται μὲν γαίῃ φθίμενον δέμας, ἡ δὲ δοθεῖσα ψυχή μοι ναίει δώματ' ἐπουράνια → my body lies mouldering in the ground, but the soul entrusted to me dwells in heavenly abodes
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|strgr=from a [[compound]] of the [[base]] of [[μυστήριον]] and ops (the [[face]]; from [[ὀπτάνομαι]]); to [[shut]] the eyes, i.e. [[blink]] ([[see]] [[indistinctly]]): cannot [[see]] [[far]] [[off]]. | |strgr=from a [[compound]] of the [[base]] of [[μυστήριον]] and ops (the [[face]]; from [[ὀπτάνομαι]]); to [[shut]] the eyes, i.e. [[blink]] ([[see]] [[indistinctly]]): cannot [[see]] [[far]] [[off]]. | ||
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|txtha=([[μύωψ]], and [[this]] from μύειν [[τούς]] ὠπας to [[shut]] the eyes); to [[see]] [[dimly]], [[see]] [[only]] [[what]] is [[near]]: R. V. marginal [[reading]]) would [[make]] it [[mean]] [[here]] [[closing]] the eyes; cf. [[our]] English [[blink]]). ([[Aristotle]], [[problem]]. 31,16, 25.) | |||
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Revision as of 18:11, 28 August 2017
English (LSJ)
A blink the eyes, as shortsighted persons do : hence, to be shortsighted, metaph., 2 Ep.Pet.1.9.
German (Pape)
[Seite 224] kurzsichtig sein, N. T.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μυωπάζω: εἶμαι μύωψ, βλέπω ἀμυδρῶς, β΄ Ἐπιστ. Πέτρ. α΄, 9. ― Κατὰ Σουΐδ.: «ἐμυωπίασεν (ὡς εἰ ἐνεστ. μυωπιάζω), ἄκροις τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς προσέσχε».
French (Bailly abrégé)
avoir la vue courte, être myope.
Étymologie: μυώψ.
English (Strong)
from a compound of the base of μυστήριον and ops (the face; from ὀπτάνομαι); to shut the eyes, i.e. blink (see indistinctly): cannot see far off.
English (Thayer)
(μύωψ, and this from μύειν τούς ὠπας to shut the eyes); to see dimly, see only what is near: R. V. marginal reading) would make it mean here closing the eyes; cf. our English blink). (Aristotle, problem. 31,16, 25.)
