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

  • καίτοι Ἐπίκουροσ τἀγαθὸν ἐν τῷ βαθυτάτῳ τῆσ ἡσυχίασ ὥσπερ ἐν ἀκλύστῳ λιμένι καὶ κωφῷ τιθέμενοσ τοῦ εὖ πάσχειν τὸ εὖ ποιεῖν οὐ μόνον κάλλιον ἀλλὰ καὶ ἥδιον εἶναί φησι. (Plutarch, Maxime cum principbus philosopho esse diserendum, chapter, section 3 2:2)
  • ἡ δὲ γαληνιόωσα χαράσσετο κύματι κωφῷ, αὐτομάτη τρυφερῷ χρωτὶ σαλευομένη. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 35 1:3)
  • ἀλλ’ οὐ μὴν ἀπεικαστέον τόν γε τέχνῃ μετιόντα ὁτιοῦν τυφλῷ οὐδὲ κωφῷ, ἀλλὰ δῆλον ὡσ, ἄν τῴ τισ τέχνῃ λόγουσ διδῷ, τὴν οὐσίαν δείξει ἀκριβῶσ τῆσ φύσεωσ τούτου πρὸσ ὃ τοὺσ λόγουσ προσοίσει· (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 287:4)
  • ὡσ δ’ ὅτε πορφύρῃ πέλαγοσ μέγα κύματι κωφῷ ὀσσόμενον λιγέων ἀνέμων λαιψηρὰ κέλευθα αὔτωσ, οὐδ’ ἄρα τε προκυλίνδεται οὐδετέρωσε, πρίν τινα κεκριμένον καταβήμεναι ἐκ Διὸσ οὖρον, ὣσ ὃ γέρων ὁρ́μαινε δαϊζόμενοσ κατὰ θυμὸν διχθάδι’, ἢ μεθ’ ὅμιλον ἰοί Δαναῶν ταχυπώλων, ἠε͂ μετ’ Ἀτρεί̈δην Ἀγαμέμνονα ποιμένα λαῶν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 14 3:5)

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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