סַמְוָותָא, (סְמֵי) blindness; (sub. בעיל) blind person. B. Kam. 31ᵇ כחוטרא דס׳ Ms. R. (ed. דסמיותא) barring the road in the position of a blind man’s groping staff. Ib. 52ᵃ כד רגיז … לנגדא ס׳ Ms. R. (ed. סַמְוָתָא) when the shepherd is angry with his flock, he makes the leader blind.