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ὑπόκωφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπόκωφος ὑπόκωφον

Structure: ὑποκωφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. somewhat deaf

Examples

  • νῷν γάρ ἐστι δεσπότησ ἄγροικοσ ὀργὴν κυαμοτρὼξ ἀκράχολοσ, Δῆμοσ πυκνίτησ, δύσκολον γερόντιον ὑπόκωφον. (Aristotle, Prologue 2:2)
  • δῆμοσ πυκνίτησ, δύσκολον γερόντιον, ὑπόκωφον, καὶ τί δ’ ἔστ’ Ἀθηναίοισι πρᾶγμ’ ἀπώμοτον; (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 8:4)

Synonyms

  1. somewhat deaf

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

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