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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

  • 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)
  • οἶκον δέ τισ ἰδὼν μεγέθει μέγιστον καὶ κάλλει κάλλιστον καὶ φωτὶ φαιδρότατον καὶ χρυσῷ στιλπνότατον καὶ γραφαῖσ ἀνθηρότατον οὐκ ἂν ἐπιθυμήσειε λόγουσ ἐν αὐτῷ διαθέσθαι, εἰ τύχοι περὶ τούτουσ διατρίβων, καὶ ἐνευδοκιμῆσαι καὶ ἐλλαμπρύνασθαι καὶ βοῆσ ἐμπλῆσαι καὶ ὡσ ἔνι μάλιστα καὶ αὐτὸσ μέροσ τοῦ κάλλουσ αὐτοῦ γενέσθαι, ἀλλὰ περισκοπήσασ ἀκριβῶσ καὶ θαυμάσασ μόνον ἄπεισι κωφὸν αὐτὸν καὶ ἄλογον καταλιπών, μήτε προσειπὼν μήτε προσομιλήσασ, ὥσπερ τισ ἄναυδοσ ἢ φθόνῳ σιωπᾶν ἐγνωκώσ; (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 1:2)
  • εἰπόντοσ δέ τινοσ τῶν ἑταίρων, Ἀπίωμεν, Δημῶναξ, εἰσ τὸ Ἀσκληπιεῖον καὶ προσευξώμεθα ὑπὲρ τοῦ υἱοῦ, Πάνυ, ἔφη, κωφὸν ἡγῇ τὸν Ἀσκληπιόν, εἰ μὴ δύναται κἀντεῦθεν ἡμῶν εὐχομένων ἀκούειν. (Lucian, (no name) 27:1)
  • 0ὐδὲ γὰρ οὐδὲ ὁμοίωσ ἡδὺ, οἶμαι, μόνον ἐμπίπλασθαι, ὥσπερ τοὺσ λέοντάσ φασι καὶ τοὺσ μονιοὺσ τῶν λύκων, καὶ συνόντασ δεξιοῖσ ἀνδράσι καὶ πάντα χαρίζεσθαι πειρωμενοισ, οἳ πρῶτα μὲν οὐ κωφὸν καὶ ἄφωνον ἐάσουσι τὸ συμπόσιον εἶναι, ἀλλ̓ ἐν μύθοισ συμποτικοῖσ καὶ σκώμμασιν ἀνεπαχθέσι καὶ φιλοφροσύναισ ποικίλαισ συνέσονται, οἱαῖ ἥδισται διατριβαί, φίλαι μὲν Διονύσῳ καὶ Ἀφροδίτῃ, φίλαι δὲ Χάρισιν, ἔπειτα δὲ πρὸσ ἅπαντασ ἐσ τὴν ὑστεραίαν διηγούμενοι ὑμῶν τὴν δεξιότητα φιλεῖσθαι παρασκευάσουσι. (Lucian, Saturnalia, letter 3 4:1)

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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