English

Alternative forms

• ablepsy

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, ISBN 0-8036-8313-8, published 1993, 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.

Descendants

• English: ablepsia
• Portuguese: ablepsia

References

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