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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

  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 κωφᾱ́ κωφώ
G/D κωφοῖν κωφαῖν κωφοῖν
PluralNominative 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

  • τὰ δὲ σὰ οὕτω περιφανῆ ἐστιν ὡσ καὶ τυφλοῖσ εἶναι καὶ κωφοῖσ γνώριμα· (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 23:3)
  • ἐπεὶ συμβαίνει γε καὶ οὕτωσ τὸ τοῦ δράκοντοσ, οὗ φησιν ὁ μῦθοσ τὴν οὐρὰν τῇ κεφαλῇ στασιάσασαν ἀξιοῦν ἡγεῖσθαι παρὰ μέροσ καὶ μὴ διὰ παντὸσ ἀκολουθεῖν ἐκείνῃ, λαβοῦσαν δὲ τὴν ἡγεμονίαν αὐτήν τε κακῶσ ἀπαλλάττειν ἀνοίᾳ πορευομένην καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν καταξαίνειν, τυφλοῖσ καὶ κωφοῖσ μέρεσιν ἀναγκαζομένην παρὰ φύσιν ἕπεσθαι· (Plutarch, Agis, chapter 2 3:2)
  • καὶ ὁπόταν ὑμῖν οἱ τραγῳδοὶ τὰσ τοιαύτασ φιλίασ ἐπὶ τὴν σκηνὴν ἀναβιβάσαντεσ δεικνύωσιν ἐπαινεῖτε καὶ ἐπικροτεῖτε καὶ κινδυνεύουσιν αὐτοῖσ ὑπὲρ ἀλλήλων οἱ πολλοὶ καὶ ἐπιδακρύετε, αὐτοὶ δὲ οὐδὲν ἄξιον ἐπαίνου ὑπὲρ τῶν φίλων παρέχεσθαι τολμᾶτε, ἀλλ’ ἤν του φίλοσ δεηθεὶσ τύχῃ, αὐτίκα μάλα ὥσπερ τὰ ὀνείρατα οἴχονται ὑμῖν ἐκποδὼν ἀποπτάμεναι αἱ πολλαὶ ἐκεῖναι τραγῳδίαι, τοῖσ κενοῖσ τούτοισ καὶ κωφοῖσ προσωπείοισ ἐοικότασ ὑμᾶσ ἀπολιποῦσαι, ἃ διηρμένα ^ τὸ στόμα καὶ παμμέγεθεσ κεχηνότα οὐδὲ τὸ σμικρότατον φθέγγεται. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 9:6)
  • κωφοῖσ ἀυτῶ καὶ καθεύδουσιν μάτην ἄκραντα βάζω; (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode, anapests 2:8)
  • ᾧ σφιγχθεὶσ κωφοῖσ πέμπε λιτὰσ ἀνέμοισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 198 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. blunt

  2. dumb

  3. deaf

  4. dull

Related

Similar forms

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

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