δυσκωφέω
From LSJ
ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
English (LSJ)
A to be hard of hearing, Gal.12.653, AP7.731 (Leon.), Dsc.4.162.
German (Pape)
[Seite 683] sehr taub sein; Leon. Tar. 79 (VII, 731); B. A. 323.