ablepsia

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀβλεψία (ablepsía, blindness), from ἀ- (a-, not) + βλέπω (blépō, see).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈblɛp.si.ə/

Noun

ablepsia (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, rare) Lack of sight; blindness.

References

  • Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940) Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, →ISBN, page 6

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀβλεψία (ablepsía, blindness), from ἀ- (a-, not) + βλέπω (blépō, I see).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈble.psi.a/, [aˈbɫɛ.psi.a]

Noun

ablepsia f (genitive ablepsiae); first declension

  1. blindness
  2. vocative singular of ablepsia

ablepsiā

  1. ablative singular of ablepsia

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ablepsia ablepsiae
Genitive ablepsiae ablepsiārum
Dative ablepsiae ablepsiīs
Accusative ablepsiam ablepsiās
Ablative ablepsiā ablepsiīs
Vocative ablepsia ablepsiae

Descendants

References

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