κωφός
κωφός
κωφός, ή, όν
κόπτω
radical sense, blunt, dull, obtuse, κωφὸν βέλος the blunt, dull shaft, opp. to ὀξύ, Il.
metaph.:
dumb, mute, κύματι κωφῷ with dumb wave, before it breaks, Il.; κωφὴν γαῖαν ἀεικίζει dishonours the dumb, senseless earth, Il.; τὰ μὲν ἄλλα ἔσκε κωφά the other parts of the ground sounded dull, opp. to the ringing of the hollow parts, Hdt.; ὁ κ. λιμήν, prob. the bay of Munychia, as opp. to the noisy Peiraeus, Xen.
after Hom., of men, dumb, Orac. ap. Hdt.: deaf and dumb, Hdt.
deaf, Lat. surdus, Hhymn., Aesch., etc.
of the mind, dull, stupid, Lat. fatuus, Soph.; also senseless, unmeaning, κ. καὶ παλαίʼ ἔπη Soph.
Headword (normalized):
κωφός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
κωφος
Intro Text:
κωφός
κωφός, ή, όν
κόπτω
radical sense, blunt, dull, obtuse, κωφὸν βέλος the blunt, dull shaft, opp. to ὀξύ, Il.
metaph.:
dumb, mute, κύματι κωφῷ with dumb wave, before it breaks, Il.; κωφὴν γαῖαν ἀεικίζει dishonours the dumb, senseless earth, Il.; τὰ μὲν ἄλλα ἔσκε κωφά the other parts of the ground sounded dull, opp. to the ringing of the hollow parts, Hdt.; ὁ κ. λιμήν, prob. the bay of Munychia, as opp. to the noisy Peiraeus, Xen.
after Hom., of men, dumb, Orac. ap. Hdt.: deaf and dumb, Hdt.
deaf, Lat. surdus, Hhymn., Aesch., etc.
of the mind, dull, stupid, Lat. fatuus, Soph.; also senseless, unmeaning, κ. καὶ παλαίʼ ἔπη Soph.
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