Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

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

  • καὶ ἀκούσονται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ κωφοὶ λόγουσ βιβλίου, καὶ οἱ ἐν τῷ σκότει καὶ οἱ ἐν τῇ ὁμίχλῃ ὀφθαλμοὶ τυφλῶν ὄψονται. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 29:18)
  • Οἱ κωφοί, ἀκούσατε, καὶ οἱ τυφλοί, ἀναβλέψατε ἰδεῖν. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 42:18)
  • καὶ τίσ τυφλόσ, ἀλλ̓ ἢ οἱ παῖδέσ μου καὶ κωφοί, ἀλλ̓ ἢ οἱ κυριεύοντεσ αὐτῶν̣ καὶ ἐτυφλώθησαν οἱ δοῦλοι τοῦ Θεοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 42:19)
  • καὶ ἐξήγαγον λαὸν τυφλόν, καὶ ὀφθαλμοί εἰσιν ὡσαύτωσ τυφλοί, καὶ κωφοὶ τὰ ὦτα ἔχοντεσ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 43:8)
  • καὶ πάντεσ ὅθεν ἐγένοντο ἐξηράνθησαν, καὶ κωφοὶ ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπων συναχθήτωσαν πάντεσ καὶ στησάτωσαν ἅμα, ἐντραπήτωσαν καὶ αἰσχυνθήτωσαν ἅμα. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 44:11)

Synonyms

  1. blunt

  2. dumb

  3. deaf

  4. dull

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

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