Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

 

Adjective edit

κωφός (kōphósm (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 edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Greek: κουφός (koufós)

Further reading edit

  • 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 edit

Adjective edit

κωφός (kofósm (feminine κωφή, neuter κωφό)

  1. Alternative form of κουφός (koufós)

Declension edit