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κωφός?

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration: kōphos

Principal Part: κωφός κωφή κωφόν

Structure: κωφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: κόπτω

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 κωφά κωφώ
G/D κωφοῖν κωφαῖν κωφοῖν
PluralNominative κωφοί κωφαί κωφά
Genitive κωφῶν κωφῶν κωφῶν
Dative κωφοῖς κωφαῖς κωφοῖς
Accusative κωφούς κωφάς 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 τυφλόν; οὐκ ἐγὼ ὁ Θεός; (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

  1. blunt

  2. dumb

  3. deaf

  4. dull

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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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