Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπόκωφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπόκωφος ὑπόκωφον

Structure: ὑποκωφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. somewhat deaf

Examples

  • ὥσπερ οὖν εἰ ἐτύγχανον ὑπόκωφοσ ὤν, ᾤου ἂν χρῆναι, εἴπερ ἔμελλέσ μοι διαλέξεσθαι, μεῖζον φθέγγεσθαι ἢ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ, οὕτω καὶ νῦν, ἐπειδὴ ἐπιλήσμονι ἐνέτυχεσ, σύντεμνέ μοι τὰσ ἀποκρίσεισ καὶ βραχυτέρασ ποίει, εἰ μέλλω σοι ἕπεσθαι. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 198:1)

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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