ablepsia

English

Alternative forms

• ablepsy

• ablepsis

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.

Translations

Translations

• Romanian: ablepsie (ro) f

References

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

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ablɛpˈsia/ [a.blɛp̚ˈsi.a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧blep‧si‧a

Noun

ablèpsia (plural ablepsia-ablepsia)

1. (pathology) ablepsia

Further reading

• “ablepsia”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈbɫɛp.si.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈblɛp.si.a]

Noun

ablepsia f (genitive ablepsiae); first declension

1. blindness

Declension

First-declension noun.

	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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈbɫɛp.si.aː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈblɛp.si.a]

Noun

ablepsiā f

1. ablative singular of ablepsia

References

• “ablepsia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ablepˈsi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: a‧blep‧sí‧a

Noun

ablepsia f sg

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of ablepsie