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τυφλότης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τυφλότης τυφλότες

Structure: τυφλοτη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: tuflo/s

Sense

  1. blindness

Examples

  • ἔπειθ’ ὅτι πᾶσα στέρησισ ἀργόν ἐστι καὶ ἄπρακτον, ὡσ τυφλότησ; (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 2 1:2)
  • φαίνεται, νοεῖται στέρησισ, οὐσίασ ἀπόφασισ οὖσα, καθάπερ ὄψεωσ τυφλότησ καὶ φωνῆσ σιωπὴ καὶ σώματοσ ἐρημία καὶ κενόν. (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 4 1:1)
  • ἡ γὰρ τυφλότησ στέρησίσ τισ, τυφλὸσ δ’ οὐ κατὰ πᾶσαν ἡλικίαν, ἀλλ’ ἐν ᾗ πέφυκεν ἔχειν, ἂν μὴ ἔχῃ. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 5 216:1)
  • τὸ δὲ ψεῦδοσ οὐκ ἔστιν, οὐδὲ ἀπάτη, ἀλλὰ ἄγνοια, οὐχ οἱά ἡ τυφλότησ· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 9 133:2)
  • ἡ μὲν γὰρ τυφλότησ ἐστὶν ὡσ ἂν εἰ τὸ νοητικὸν ὅλωσ μὴ ἔχοι τισ. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 9 133:3)

Synonyms

  1. blindness

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

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