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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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blunt, dull, obtuse

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κωφός

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κωφός

Headword (normalized/stripped):

κωφος

IDX:

19139

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n19158

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kwfo/s

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