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|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[blunt]], [[dull]], [[obtuse]], opp. ὀξύς, κ. βέλος <span class="bibl">Il.11.390</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>495.27</span>; κ. καλάμη <span class="title">AP</span>12.25 (Stat.Flacc.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> of sound, [[mute]], [[noiseless]], κύματι κωφῷ <span class="bibl">Il.14.16</span>; <b class="b3">κωφὴν γὰρ δὴ γαῖαν ἀεικίζει</b> is maltreating [[dumb]], [[senseless]] earth, <span class="bibl">24.54</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ μὲν ἄλλα ἔσκε κωφά</b> the other parts sounded [[dull]], opp. to the ringing of the hollow parts when struck, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.200</span>: neut. pl. as Adv., κωφὰ δὲ πόντος κεῖτο <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">A.</span>1103</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ κ. λιμήν</b>, prob. the bay of Munychia, as opp. to the noisy Piraeus, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.4.31</span>; <b class="b3">κωφότερος ὁ ψόφος ἔσται</b>, i.e. [[muffled]], <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.19</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν μεταλλικῶν κωφότατος [ὁ σίδηρος</b>] [[rings least]], Plu.2.721f; κωφοὶ ἄνεμοι <span class="bibl">D.S.3.51</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> after Hom., of men or animals, [[dumb]], <span class="bibl">Parm.6.7</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">καὶ κωφοῦ συνίημι καὶ οὐ φωνεῦντος ἀκούω</b> Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.47</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ… παρὰ κωφὸν ὁ τυφλὸς ἔοικε λαλῆσαι</b>, i.e. is not so [[dumb]] but that he will answer the blind fool who assails him, <span class="bibl">Cratin.6</span>; κωφότερος κίχλης <span class="bibl">Eub.29</span>; <b class="b3">κ. χάρις</b> a [[mute]] gift (sc. an epitaph), <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>298 (Teos); so κωφοῖς δάκρυσι <span class="title">IPE</span>2.299 (Panticapaeum); <b class="b3">κ. τάφοι</b> prob. in <span class="title">IG</span>12(8).441.26; <b class="b3">κ. προσωπεῖον</b> [[mute]] figure on the stage, <span class="bibl">Ph.2.520</span>, cf. Plu.2.791e; κ. πρόσωπον <span class="bibl">Cic. <span class="title">Att.</span>13.19.3</span>; <b class="b3">κ. καὶ ἄλογος</b>, of a house, [[with no echoes]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Dom.</span> 1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[deaf]], h.Merc.92, <span class="bibl">Heraclit.34</span>.<span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>202</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>881</span>; λήθην κωφήν, ἄναυδον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>670</span>; <b class="b3">ὅσοι γίνονται κ. ἐκ γενετῆς, πάντες καὶ ἐνεοὶ γίνονται</b> <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>536b3</span> (hence of a [[deaf and dumb]] person, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.34</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span> 1196.49</span> (i B. C.), cf. Hsch.); c.gen., κωφὴ ἀκοῆς αἴσθησις <span class="bibl">Antiph.196.5</span>, cj. in <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>932a</span>; <b class="b3">κ. Ἑλλάδος φωνᾶς</b> [[deaf]] of one's Greek ear, i.e. ignorant of Greek, <span class="title">Dialex.</span>6.12; σπαράγματα κωφὰ τοῦ βεβαιοῦντος Plu.2.1108d. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> metaph., νοῦς ὁρῇ καὶ νοῦς ἀκούει· τἆλλα κωφὰ καὶ τυφλά <span class="bibl">Epich.249</span>; κ. πέτρος Moschio Trag.<span class="bibl">7</span>; μαψαῦραι <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>67</span>; ἐρημία <span class="bibl">D.S.3.40</span>: neut. pl. as Adv., κωφὰ χλιαίνεσθαι [[feebly]], AP12.125 (Mel.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ὄμμα κ</b>. <b class="b2">vacant, lack-lustre</b> eye, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Phgn.</span>807b23</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of the senses in general, [[dull]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Sens.</span>19</span> (Comp.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> of the mind, [[dull]], [[obtuse]], ἐγὼ ὁ πάντα κ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>911</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>9.87</span>; τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς ποιεῖν κ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>88b</span>: <b class="b3">κωφοί, οἱ</b>, 'the Dullards', title of satyr-play by Sophocles. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> of things, [[senseless]], [[unmeaning]], [[obscure]], κ. καὶ παλαί' ἔπη <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>290</span>; κ. διήγησις <span class="bibl">Plb.3.36.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.21.4</span>; ὑπόνοια Phld.<span class="title">Mus.</span>p.71 K.; σκῶμμα Plu.2.712a; but <b class="b3">κ. εὐπραγίαι</b> is prob.f.l.for [[κοῦφαι]], <span class="bibl">D.C.38.27</span>. Adv.-<b class="b3">φῶς</b> [[obscurely]], <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.251.25</span>: Comp. -ότερον<b class="b3">, ἐνοχλεῖν</b> [[less acutely]], <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Vit.</span>p.21</span> J.</span>