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

  • 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

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

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