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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

blunt, dull, obtuse, the blunt, dull
dumb, mute, dumb, the dumb, senseless, dull, ringing, noisy
dumb, deaf and dumb
deaf
dull, stupid, senseless, unmeaning

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	κωφός	κωφή	κωφόν
	Genitive	κωφοῦ	κωφῆς	κωφοῦ
	Dative	κωφῷ	κωφῇ	κωφῷ
	Accusative	κωφόν	κωφήν	κωφόν
	Vocative	κωφέ	κωφή	κωφόν
Dual	N/A/V	κωφώ	κωφᾱ́	κωφώ
Dual	G/D	κωφοῖν	κωφαῖν	κωφοῖν
Plural	Nominative	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

εἶπε δὲ Κύριοσ πρὸσ Μωυσῆν. τίσ ἔδωκε στόμα ἀνθρώπῳ, καὶ τίσ ἐποίησε δύσκωφον καὶ κωφόν, βλέποντα καὶ τυφλόν̣ οὐκ ἐγὼ ὁ Θεόσ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 4:11)
οὐ κακῶσ ἐρεῖσ κωφόν, καὶ ἀπέναντι τυφλοῦ οὐ προσθήσεισ σκάνδαλον, καὶ φοβηθήσῃ Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου. ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 19:14)
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)
ἐγὼ δὲ ὡσεὶ κωφὸσ οὐκ ἤκουον καὶ ὡσεὶ ἄλαλοσ οὐκ ἀνοίγων τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 37:14)
θυμὸσ αὐτοῖσ κατὰ τὴν ὁμοίωσιν τοῦ ὄφεωσ, ὡσεὶ ἀσπίδοσ κωφῆσ καὶ βυούσησ τὰ ὦτα αὐτῆσ, (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 57:5)
ὅτι μὲν γὰρ ἀεὶ καὶ σὺ ἀκούεισ ἐν ταῖσ τῶν φιλοσόφων διατριβαῖσ, οἶδα,^ εἰ μὴ καὶ κωφόσ τισ εἶ,^ ὡσ βοώντων αὐτῶν μὴ ἐπαϊείν. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 13:6)
Ζητῶν δὲ ἀεὶ πρὸσ ἐμαυτὸν οὔπω καὶ τήμερον εὑρεῖν δεδύνημαι τίνοσ ἕνεκα τὴν σπουδὴν ταύτην ἐσπούδακασ περὶ τὴν ὠνὴν τῶν βιβλίων ὠφελείασ μὲν γὰρ ἢ χρείασ τῆσ ἀπ’ αὐτῶν οὐδ’ ἂν οἰηθείη τισ τῶν καὶ ἐπ’ ἐλάχιστόν σε εἰδότων, οὐ μᾶλλον ἢ φαλακρὸσ ἄν τισ πρίαιτο κτένασ ἢ κάτοπτρον ὁ τυφλὸσ ἢ ὁ κωφὸσ αὐλητὴν ἢ παλλακὴν ὁ εὐνοῦχοσ ἢ ὁ ἠπειρώτησ κώπην ἢ ὁ κυβερνήτησ ἄροτρον. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 19:2)
λυπεῖ δὲ τὸν μὲν Λυδὸν υἱὸσ κωφὸσ ὤν, τὸν Πέρσην δὲ Κλέαρχοσ Κύρῳ ξενολογῶν, ἄλλον δὲ Δίων πρὸσ οὖσ τισι τῶν Συρακουσίων κοινολογούμενοσ, καὶ ἄλλον Παρμενίων ἐπαινούμενοσ καὶ Περδίκκαν Πτολεμαῖοσ καὶ Πτολεμαῖον Σέλευκοσ· (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 25:8)
οὐκοῦν καὶ τὸ τυφλὸσ ἅμα καὶ κωφὸσ εἶναι λέγεισ; (Lucian, Vitarum auctio, (no name) 26:27)

Synonyms

blunt
- ἀμβλύτης (bluntness, dullness)
dumb
- κωφότης (deafness)
deaf
- κωφότης (deafness)
- δύσκωφος (stone-deaf.)
- ὑπόκωφος (somewhat deaf)
dull
- νωθής (dull, stupid, somewhat dull)

φρικτός (to be shuddered at)
ὄφις (a serpent)
ἐνεός (dumb)
ἐγρήγορος (wakeful)
τυφλός (blind)
κυλίω (to roll along)
τρισόλβιος (thrice happy or fortunate)
φωτίζω (to enlighten)
λαμυρός (gluttonous)
ἀκουστός (heard)
πειράζω (to make proof or trial of)
νεᾶνις (a young woman)
κάρφω (to dry up)
κάρφος (a dry stalk)
χωλός (lame)
βόθυνος ()
τεράστιος (monstrous)
ἔντασις (tension)
γαληνός (calm)
νοήμων (thoughtful)
πάμμεγας (very great)
σκάνδαλον (trap)
γομφίος (a grinder-tooth)
παραλυτικός (paralyzed)
πέρδιξ (partridge)
πρόσκομμα (a stumble)
ἀρχάγγελος (an archangel)
σύννοια (meditation)
λάλημα (talk)
βουφορβός (ox-feeding)

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

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dumb

deaf

dull

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Sense

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dumb

deaf

dull

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