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ὑπόκωφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπόκωφος ὑπόκωφον

Structure: ὑποκωφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. somewhat deaf

Examples

  • καὶ τὸ ἐν τῇ Πολιτείᾳ τῇ Πλάτωνοσ, ὅτι οἱ τοὺσ τεθνεῶτασ σκυλεύοντεσ ἐοίκασι τοῖσ κυνιδίοισ ἃ τοὺσ λίθουσ δάκνει, τοῦ βάλλοντοσ οὐχ ἁπτόμενα, καὶ ἡ εἰσ τὸν δῆμον, ὅτι ὅμοιοσ ναυκλήρῳ ἰσχυρῷ μὲν ὑποκώφῳ δέ, καὶ ἡ εἰσ τὰ μέτρα τῶν ποιητῶν, ὅτι ἐοίκε τοῖσ ἄνευ κάλλουσ ὡραίοισ· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 4 3:5)

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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