κωφός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from the same Pre-Greek root of κηφήν (kēphḗn, “drone”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

κωφός • (kōphós) m (feminine κωφή, neuter κωφόν); first/second declension

1. blunt, dull, obtuse

   Synonym: ἀμβλῠ́ς (amblús)

2. (of sound) mute, noiseless
3. (of men or animals) dumb, mute

   Synonyms: ἄφωνος (áphōnos), ἐνεός (eneós), μῠνδός (mundós), μῠ́ρκος (múrkos)

4. deaf, deaf-mute
5. (of the mind) dull, obtuse
6. (of things) senseless, unmeaning, obscure

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

• Greek: κουφός (koufós)

Further reading

• “κωφός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κωφός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κωφός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κωφός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κωφός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Greek

Adjective

κωφός • (kofós) m (feminine κωφή, neuter κωφό)

1. Alternative form of κουφός (koufós)

Declension