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τυφλός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τυφλός τυφλή τυφλόν

Structure: τυφλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tu/fw

Sense

  1. blind
  2. of the limbs of the blind
  3. (figuratively) of the other senses and the mind
  4. (figuratively)

Examples

  • εἰ γοῦν ᾔδεσαν ὁπόσα τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἕνεκα πάσχομεν, οὐκ ἂν ἡμᾶσ τοῦ νέκταροσ ἢ τῆσ ἀμβροσίασ ἐμακάριζον Ὁμήρῳ πιστεύσαντεσ ἀνδρὶ τυφλῷ καὶ γόητι, μάκαρασ ἡμᾶσ καλοῦντι καὶ τὰ ἐν οὐρανῷ διηγουμένῳ, ὃσ οὐδὲ τὰ ἐν τῇ γῇ καθορᾶν ἐδύνατο. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 1:2)
  • ὄψῃ νιν αὐτίκ’ ὄντα δωμάτων πάροσ τυφλὸν τυφλῷ στείχοντα παραφόρῳ ποδί, παίδων τε δισσῶν σώμαθ’, οὓσ ἔκτειν’ ἐγὼ σὺν ταῖσ ἀρίσταισ Τρῳάσιν· (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric 1:13)
  • δῆλον ὁτιὴ καὶ τυφλῷ γνῶναι δοκεῖ τοῦθ’, ὡσ σφόδρ’ ἐστὶ συμφέρον τὸ μηδὲν ἀσκεῖν ὑγιὲσ ἐν τῷ νῦν χρόνῳ. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Prologue 1:28)
  • ὡσ τυφλῷ ποδὶ ὀφθαλμὸσ εἶ σύ, ναυβάταισιν ἄστρον ὥσ· (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode2)
  • αἰσχρὰ φυγὴ θυγατρὶ σὺν τυφλῷ πατρί. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, iambic 4:22)

Synonyms

  1. blind

  2. of the limbs of the blind

  3. of the other senses and the mind

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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