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|Definition=κουφή, κουφόν,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[blunt]], [[dull]], [[obtuse]], opp. ὀξύς, κ. βέλος Il.11.390, cf. E.''Fr.''495.27; κ. [[καλάμη]] ''AP''12.25 (Stat.Flacc.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph.,<br><span class="bld">1</span> of sound, [[mute]], [[noiseless]], κύματι κωφῷ Il.14.16; <b class="b3">κωφὴν γὰρ δὴ γαῖαν ἀεικίζει</b> is maltreating [[dumb]], [[senseless]] earth, 24.54; <b class="b3">τὰ μὲν ἄλλα ἔσκε κωφά</b> the other parts sounded [[dull]], opp. to the [[ringing]] of the [[hollow]] parts when struck, Hdt.4.200: neuter plural as adverb, κωφὰ δὲ πόντος κεῖτο Orph.''A.''1103; <b class="b3">ὁ κουφὸς λιμήν</b>, prob. the bay of [[Munychia]], as opp. to the [[noisy]] [[Piraeus]], X.''HG''2.4.31; <b class="b3">κωφότερος ὁ ψόφος ἔσται</b>, i.e. [[muffled]], Aen.Tact.19; <b class="b3">τῶν μεταλλικῶν κωφότατος [ὁ σίδηρος</b>] [[ring]]s [[least]], Plu.2.721f; κωφοὶ ἄνεμοι D.S.3.51.<br><span class="bld">2</span> after Hom., of men or animals, [[dumb]], Parm.6.7, etc.; <b class="b3">καὶ κωφοῦ συνίημι καὶ οὐ φωνεῦντος ἀκούω</b> Orac. ap. Hdt.1.47; <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 [[assail]]s him, Cratin.6; κωφότερος [[κίχλης]] Eub.29; <b class="b3">κ. χάρις</b> a [[mute]] gift (''[[sc.]]'' an epitaph), ''Epigr.Gr.''298 (Teos); so κωφοῖς δάκρυσι ''IPE''2.299 (Panticapaeum); <b class="b3">κ. τάφοι</b> prob. in ''IG''12(8).441.26; <b class="b3">κουφὸν προσωπεῖον</b> [[mute]] [[figure]] on the [[stage]], Ph.2.520, cf. Plu.2.791e; κουφὸν [[πρόσωπον]] Cic. ''Att.''13.19.3; <b class="b3">κουφὸς καὶ ἄλογος</b>, of a [[house]], [[with no echoes]], Luc.''Dom.'' 1.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[deaf]], h.Merc.92, Heraclit.34.A.''Th.''202, ''Ch.''881; λήθην κωφήν, [[ἄναυδος|ἄναυδον]] S.''Fr.''670; <b class="b3">ὅσοι γίνονται κ. ἐκ γενετῆς, πάντες καὶ ἐνεοὶ γίνονται</b> 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; <b class="b3">κ. Ἑλλάδος φωνᾶς</b> [[deaf]] of one's [[Greek]] ear, i.e. [[ignorant]] of Greek, ''Dialex.''6.12; σπαράγματα κωφὰ τοῦ βεβαιοῦντος Plu.2.1108d.<br><span class="bld">c</span> 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: neuter plural as adverb, κωφὰ χλιαίνεσθαι [[feebly]], AP12.125 (Mel.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ὄμμα κουφόν</b> [[vacant]], [[lacklustre]] [[eye]], Arist.''Phgn.''807b23.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of the senses in general, [[dull]], Thphr.''Sens.''19 (Comp.).<br><span class="bld">5</span> 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 [[dullard|Dullards]]', title of satyr-play by [[Sophocles]].<br><span class="bld">b</span> 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. [[εὐπραγία]]ι is prob.f.l.for [[κοῦφαι]], D.C.38.27. Adv. [[κουφῶς]] = [[obscurely]], Vett.Val.251.25: Comp. κουφότερον, [[ἐνοχλεῖν]] = less [[acutely]], Phld.''Vit.''p.21 J.