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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

  • ἦν ἄρ’ ἀοιδῶν φειδὼ κἠν κωφαῖσ, ξεῖνε, λινοστασίαισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 76 1:2)
  • εἶτ’ αὐτὴ ἰδοῦσα, ὅτι ἐν τυφλαῖσ καὶ κωφαῖσ ταῖσ ἄλλαισ ἁπάσαισ δυνάμεσίν ἐστι μηδέ τι ἄλλο συνορᾶν δυναμέναισ πλὴν αὐτὰ ἐκεῖνα τὰ ἔργα, ἐφ’ οἷσ τεταγμέναι εἰσὶ διακονεῖν ταύτῃ καὶ ὑπηρετεῖν, αὐτὴ δὲ μόνη ὀξὺ βλέπει καὶ τάσ τ’ ἄλλασ καθορᾷ, πόσου ἑκάστη ἀξία, καὶ αὑτήν, μέλλει ἡμῖν ἄλλο τι ἀποφαίνεσθαι τὸ κράτιστον εἶναι ἢ αὐτήν; (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 11:2)

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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