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κωφός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κωφός κωφή κωφόν

Structure: κωφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ko/ptw

Sense

  1. blunt, dull, obtuse, the blunt, dull
  2. dumb, mute, dumb, the dumb, senseless, dull, ringing, noisy
  3. dumb, deaf and dumb
  4. deaf
  5. dull, stupid, senseless, unmeaning

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative κωφός κωφή κωφόν
Genitive κωφοῦ κωφῆς κωφοῦ
Dative κωφῷ κωφῇ κωφῷ
Accusative κωφόν κωφήν κωφόν
Vocative κωφέ κωφή κωφόν
DualN/A/V κωφώ κωφᾱ́ κωφώ
G/D κωφοῖν κωφαῖν κωφοῖν
PluralNominative κωφοί κωφαί κωφά
Genitive κωφῶν κωφῶν κωφῶν
Dative κωφοῖς κωφαῖς κωφοῖς
Accusative κωφούς κωφᾱ́ς κωφά
Vocative κωφοί κωφαί κωφά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective κωφός κωφοῦ κωφότερος κωφοτεροῦ κωφότατος κωφοτατοῦ
Adverb κωφώς κωφότερον κωφότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Μεγάλωσ δὲ καὶ διηνεκῶσ ὁ βασιλεὺσ χαρᾷ πεπληρωμένοσ, συμπόσια ἐπὶ πάντων τῶν εἰδώλων συνιστάμενοσ, πεπλανημένῃ πόρρω τῆσ ἀληθείασ φρενὶ καὶ βεβήλῳ στόματι, τὰ μέν κωφὰ καὶ μὴ δυνάμενα αὐτοῖσ λαλεῖν ἢ ἀρήγειν ἐπαινῶν, εἰσ δὲ τὸν μέγιστον Θεὸν τὰ μὴ καθήκοντα λαλῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 4:16)
  • τί ὠφελεῖ γλυπτόν, ὅτι ἔγλυψαν αὐτό̣ ἔπλασεν αὐτὸ χώνευμα, φαντασίαν ψευδῆ, ὅτι πέποιθεν ὁ πλάσασ ἐπὶ τὸ πλάσμα αὐτοῦ τοῦ ποιῆσαι εἴδωλα κωφά. (Septuagint, Prophetia Habacuc 2:18)
  • "ὁ δὲ Κωλώτησ ὅτι φωνάσ τινασ ἐρήμουσ πραγμάτων ἀποσπῶν καὶ μέρη λόγων καὶ σπαράγματα κωφὰ τοῦ βεβαιοῦντοσ καὶ συνεργοῦντοσ πρὸσ νόησιν καὶ πίστιν ἕλκων ὥσπερ ἀγορὰν ἢ πίνακα τεράτων συντίθησι τὸ βιβλίον, ἴστε δήπου παντὸσ μᾶλλον ὑμεῖσ,ἔφην, τὰ συγγράμματα τῶν παλαιῶν διὰ χειρὸσ ἔχοντεσ. (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 32)
  • εἰ μὲν γάρ, ὥσ φησιν Ἐπίχαρμοσ, νοῦσ ὁρῇ καὶ νοῦσ ἀκούει, τἄλλα δὲ κωφὰ καὶ τυφλά, τυγχάνει λόγου δεόμενα. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 3 3:2)
  • αἱ γὰρ αἰσθήσεισ ἰδίασ ἔχειν ἀφορμὰσ δοκοῦσιν ὅτι δὲ νοῦσ ὠφελεῖ καὶ νοῦσ κοσμεῖ καὶ νοῦσ τὸ νικῶν καὶ κρατοῦν καὶ βασιλεῦον, τὰ δ’ ἄλλα τυφλὰ καὶ κωφὰ καὶ ἄψυχα παρέλκει καὶ βαρύνει καὶ καταισχύνει χωρὶσ ἀρετῆσ τοὺσ ἔχοντασ, ἀπὸ τῶν πραγμάτων λαβεῖν ἔστι. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 3 3:3)

Synonyms

  1. blunt

  2. dumb

  3. deaf

  4. dull

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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