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 1

Noun

ablepsia f (genitive ablepsiae); first declension

  1. blindness
Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ablepsia ablepsiae
Genitive ablepsiae ablepsiārum
Dative ablepsiae ablepsiīs
Accusative ablepsiam ablepsiās
Ablative ablepsiā ablepsiīs
Vocative ablepsia ablepsiae
Descendants
  • English: ablepsia
  • German: Ablepsie
  • Portuguese: ablepsia

Pronunciation 2

Noun

ablepsiā f

  1. ablative singular of ablepsia

References

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