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1 κωφός
A blunt, dull, obtuse, opp.ὀξύς, κ. βέλος Il.11.390
, cf. E.Fr.495.27;κ. καλάμη AP12.25
(Stat.Flacc.).II metaph.,1 of sound, mute, noiseless,κύματι κωφῷ Il.14.16
; κωφὴν γὰρ δὴ γαῖαν ἀεικίζει is maltreating dumb, senseless earth, 24.54; τὰ μὲν ἄλλα ἔσκε κωφά the other parts sounded dull, opp. to the ringing of the hollow parts when struck, Hdt.4.200: neut. pl. as Adv.,κωφὰ δὲ πόντος κεῖτο Orph.A. 1103
; ὁ κ. λιμήν, prob. the bay of Munychia, as opp. to the noisy Piraeus, X.HG2.4.31; κωφότερος ὁ ψόφος ἔσται, i.e. muffled, Aen.Tact.19; τῶν μεταλλικῶν κωφότατος [ὁ σίδηρος] rings least, Plu.2.721f;κωφοὶ ἄνεμοι D.S.3.51
.2 after Hom., of men or animals, dumb, Parm.6.7, etc.; καὶ κωφοῦ συνίημι καὶ οὐ φωνεῦντος ἀκούω Orac. ap. Hdt.1.47; οὐ.. παρὰ κωφὸν ὁ τυφλὸς ἔοικε λαλῆσαι, i.e. is not so dumb but that he will answer the blind fool who assails him, Cratin.6;κωφότερος κίχλης Eub.29
; κ. χάρις a mute gift (sc. an epitaph), Epigr.Gr. 298 ([place name] Teos); soκωφοῖς δάκρυσι IPE2.299
([place name] Panticapaeum); κ. τάφοι prob. in IG12(8).441.26; κ. προσωπεῖον mute figure on the stage, Ph.2.520, cf. Plu.2.791e;κ. πρόσωπον Cic. Att.13.19.3
; κ. καὶ ἄλογος, of a house, with no echoes, Luc.Dom. 1.b deaf, h.Merc.92, Heraclit.34.A.Th. 202, Ch. 881;λήθην κωφήν, ἄναυδον S.Fr. 670
; ὅσοι γίνονται κ. ἐκ γενετῆς, πάντες καὶ ἐνεοὶ γίνονται Arist.HA 536b3 (hence of a deaf and dumb person, Hdt.1.34, BGU 1196.49 (i B. C.), cf. Hsch.); c.gen.,κωφὴ ἀκοῆς αἴσθησις Antiph.196.5
, cj. in Pl.Lg. 932a; κ. Ἑλλάδος φωνᾶς deaf of one's Greek ear, i.e. ignorant of Greek, Dialex.6.12;σπαράγματα κωφὰ τοῦ βεβαιοῦντος Plu.2.1108d
.c metaph.,νοῦς ὁρῇ καὶ νοῦς ἀκούει· τἆλλα κωφὰ καὶ τυφλά Epich.249
;κ. πέτρος Moschio
Trag.7;μαψαῦραι Call.Fr.67
;ἐρημία D.S.3.40
: neut. pl. as Adv., feebly,AP
12.125 (Mel.).3 ὄμμα κ. vacant, lack-lustre eye, Arist.Phgn. 807b23.4 of the senses in general, dull, Thphr.Sens.19 ([comp] Comp.).5 of the mind, dull, obtuse,ἐγὼ ὁ πάντα κ. S.Aj. 911
, cf. Pi.P.9.87;τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς ποιεῖν κ. Pl.Ti. 88b
: κωφοί, οἱ, 'the Dullards', title of satyr-play by Sophocles.b of things, senseless, unmeaning, obscure,κ. καὶ παλαί' ἔπη S.OT 290
;κ. διήγησις Plb.3.36.4
, cf. 5.21.4;ὑπόνοια Phld.Mus.p.71
K.;σκῶμμα Plu.2.712a
; but κ. εὐπραγίαι is prob.f.l.for κοῦφαι, D.C.38.27. Adv.- φῶς obscurely, Vett.Val.251.25: [comp] Comp. - ότερον, ἐνοχλεῖν less acutely, Phld.Vit.p.21 J. -
2 κωφός
-ή,-όν + A 2-0-7-2-2=13 Ex 4,11; Lv 19,14; Is 29,18; 35,5; 42,18stereotypical rendition of שׁחר; dumb, mute Wis 10,21; deaf Ex 4,11; deaf and dumb Hab 2,18*Is 44,11 καὶ κωφοί and the deaf-יםשִֵׁחְר ְו for MT יםשִָׁר ָח ְו and the artisansCf. HARLE 1988, 165; LE BOULLUEC 1989, 99 -
3 ἐνεός
A dumb, speechless, freq. joined with κωφός, as Pl.Tht. 206d, Arist.HA 536b4, Pr. 961b14, Sens. 437a16; withoutκωφός, ἐνεοῖς ἀνθρώποις ὁμοίους Epicur. Fr. 356
, cf. LXXIs.56.10, Plu.Num.8, D.C.62.16: acc. to Hsch., ὃς οὔτε ἀκούει οὔτε λαλεῖ deaf and dumb, as in X.An.4.5.33. Adv. - εῶς dub.l. in Orac. ap. Polyaen.6.53.2 senseless, stupid,ἀπείρους καὶ ἐ. Pl.Alc.2.140d
.3 of things, useless, Hp.Off.8; ἐς τὸ ἐ. κεῖσθαι ibid.4 dumbfounded, astonished, εἱστήκεισαν ἐ. Act.Ap.l.c. -
4 κηφήν
κηφήν, - ῆνοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `drone', often metaphor. `lazy vagabond' (Hes.), also by the Anatolian Greeks used for the Asiatic peoples, e. g. the Persians (Hdt. 7, 61), as Russ. etc. Némĭci "the Dumb" as name for the Germans.Other forms: καφάν H.Derivatives: Diminutivum κηφήνιον (Arist.) and κηφηνώδης `drone-like' (Pl.). - Further Κηφεύς (Hdt.) and several other short names as Κῆφις, Κᾶφις, Κάφων, Καφώ, s. Solmsen Wortforsch. 123f.; diff. Bechtel Lex. s. κεκαφηώς.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Substantivization in - ήν, - άν of an adjective *κηφός, *κᾱφός? This may also be the basis of the PN Κηφεύς (wrong Bosshardt Die Nom. auf - ευς 133f.) and with ablaut to κωφός `dumb, deaf' ( keh₂bh-, * koh₂bh-)? Further analysis and connection uncertain; cf. on κεκαφηότα. - Lat. hebes `dumb' cannot belong here because of the vocalism (IE. ĕ against ā, ō in καφάν, κωφός), unless one separates Κᾶφις etc. and considers καφάν as a false Dorisation. Older combinations in Bq. I think there is no reason to do so (Chantr.notes that ā\/ōis rare in Greek) and rather thinks that the insect name is a Pre-Greek word. Note that a word in -ᾱν is rare.Page in Frisk: 1,847Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > κηφήν
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