μύωψ
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- A closing or contracting of the eyes
- gadfly, horsefly
- (figuratively) goad, spur
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek μύω (shut eyes, close, shut) + Ancient Greek ὤψ (eye, face, view, countenance).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ὤψ
Gloss
eye, face, view, countenance
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
顔
Emoji
👀 😃 🙄 🤩 👀 👁️ 👁️🗨️ 👓️ 🕶️ 😁 😄 😉 😊 😍 😙 😚 😜 😝 😸 😻 😽 🤪
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -opia English
- myopia English
- Αἰθίοψ Ancient Greek
- αὐλωπίας Ancient Greek
- βοῶπις Ancient Greek
- γλαυκῶπις Ancient Greek
- καμμύω Ancient Greek
- καταμύω Ancient Greek
- μέτωπον Ancient Greek
- μύω Ancient Greek
- πρόσωπον Ancient Greek
- χρυσώψ Ancient Greek
- ἐνώπιος Ancient Greek
- ὤψ Ancient Greek
- *h₃ókʷs Proto-Indo-European
- *mewH- Proto-Indo-European
- kyklop Danish
- μυωπία Greek (modern)