short-sighted
short-sighted
adj.
Use V. βρᾰχὺ βλέπων (Eur. Ion, 744).
Be short-sighted, v.: P. ἀμβλυώσσειν, ἀμβλὺ ὁρᾶν, βραχύ τι ὁρᾶν.
Met., unwise P. and V. ἄ̆βουλος, ἀ̆σύνετος ; see foolish.
adj.
Use V. βρᾰχὺ βλέπων (Eur. Ion, 744).
Be short-sighted, v.: P. ἀμβλυώσσειν, ἀμβλὺ ὁρᾶν, βραχύ τι ὁρᾶν.
Met., unwise P. and V. ἄ̆βουλος, ἀ̆σύνετος ; see foolish.
SHORT-SIGHTED
PROP. myops (μύωψ Ulpian Dig. 21 1 10 § 3): (in pure Latin) qui oculis non satis prospicit or cujus oculi non longe conspectum ferunt: To be short-sighted oculis non satis prospicere.
Figuratively Unwise silly stultus (opposed to intelligens sapiens). ☞ Imprudens in this sense is not classical.
PROP. myops (μύωψ Ulpian Dig. 21 1 10 § 3): (in pure Latin) qui oculis non satis prospicit or cujus oculi non longe conspectum ferunt: To be short-sighted oculis non satis prospicere.
Figuratively Unwise silly stultus (opposed to intelligens sapiens). ☞ Imprudens in this sense is not classical.
short-sighted:
I. Not able to see far:
1. myops, ōpis (= Gr. μύωψ: rare and late): Ulp. Dig. 21, 1, 10.
2. luscĭtiōsus, lusciōsus (dim-sighted; seeing best in the dark: rare): Pl.: Plin.
3. expr. by circuml.: I am s.-sighted, *quae in proximo sunt parum mihi cernunt oculi: visus (mihi) in proximo deficit, Sen. (Quich.).
II. Not able to look far into futurity: imprōvĭdus: s.-sighted souls, i. pectora, Virg. Aen. 2, 200: Cic. Also caecus may sometimes serve: cf. Lucr. 2, 14, O miseras hominum mentes, O pectora caeca, short-sighted souls!
I. Not able to see far:
1. myops, ōpis (= Gr. μύωψ: rare and late): Ulp. Dig. 21, 1, 10.
2. luscĭtiōsus, lusciōsus (dim-sighted; seeing best in the dark: rare): Pl.: Plin.
3. expr. by circuml.: I am s.-sighted, *quae in proximo sunt parum mihi cernunt oculi: visus (mihi) in proximo deficit, Sen. (Quich.).
II. Not able to look far into futurity: imprōvĭdus: s.-sighted souls, i. pectora, Virg. Aen. 2, 200: Cic. Also caecus may sometimes serve: cf. Lucr. 2, 14, O miseras hominum mentes, O pectora caeca, short-sighted souls!