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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

Κωφὴν δὲ ἐν Πευκελαΐτιδι, ἅμα οἷ ἄγων Μάλαντόν τε καὶ Σόαστον καὶ Γαρροίαν, ἐκδιδοῖ ἐσ τὸν Ἰνδόν. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 4 11:1)
ἐν δὲ Σαπφοῖ ὁ Ἀντιφάνησ αὐτὴν τὴν ποιήτριαν προβάλλουσαν ποιεῖ γρίφουσ τόνδε τὸν τρόπον, ἐπιλυομένου τινὸσ οὕτωσ, ἡ μὲν γάρ φησιν ἔστι φύσισ θήλεια βρέφη σῴζουσ1’ ὑπὸ κόλποισ αὑτῆσ, ὄντα δ’ ἄφωνα βοὴν ἵστησι γεγωνὸν καὶ διὰ πόντιον οἶδμα καὶ ἠπείρου διὰ πάσησ οἷσ ἐθέλει θνητῶν, τοῖσ δ’ οὐδὲ παροῦσιν ἀκούειν ἔξεστιν κωφὴν δ’ ἀκοῆσ αἴσθησιν ἔχουσιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 731)
διὸ εὖ περὶ τοῦ Ἕκτοροσ ὁ ποιητήσ, παῦσαι βουλόμενοσ τὸν Ἀχιλλέα τῆσ ὀργῆσ τεθνεῶτοσ, κωφὴν γὰρ δὴ γαῖαν ἀεικίζει μενεαίνων. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 3 16:6)
μή με σοφίζου, κωφήν μοι σταχύων ἀντιδιδοὺσ καλάμην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 25 1:2)
τὴν δ’ αὖ κεφαλὴν οὔτε μόνον ὀστεί̈νην ψιλὴν δυνατὸν ἐᾶν ἦν διὰ τὴν ἐν ταῖσ ὡρ́αισ ἐφ’ ἑκάτερον ὑπερβολήν, οὔτ’ αὖ συσκιασθεῖσαν κωφὴν καὶ ἀναίσθητον διὰ τὸν τῶν σαρκῶν ὄχλον περιιδεῖν γιγνομένην· (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 380:2)

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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κωφός

Sense

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blunt

dumb

deaf

dull

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Sense

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blunt

dumb

deaf

dull

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