μυωπάζω

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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.