apopipto describes something like scales dropping away from the eyes in Acts 9:18.

Its sole attested use describes something like scales dropping away from a person's eyes, followed by the recovery of sight in Acts 9:18.

1. Dropping away from the eyes · dominant

   In Acts 9:18, the aorist active indicative plural form occurs in the clause about something like scales leaving the eyes; the APB renders the clause, "something like scales fell from his eyes," before reporting that he regained sight.

   Acts 9:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 9:18, the APB presents the event as "something like scales fell from his eyes." This wording confirms the clause's event without isolating every element of the Greek form.