τυφλός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[blind]], once in Hom., <span class="bibl">Il.6.139</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>172</span>, freq. in other writers; τυφλὸς ἐκ δεδορκότος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>454</span>; <b class="b3">τυφλὸς Ἄρης, τυφλὸς Πλοῦτος</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>838</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.10.19</span>; <b class="b3">τ. ὄψις, ὀφθαλμοί</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>697</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>518c</span>, etc.: c. gen., <b class="b3">τ. τινός</b> [[blind to]]... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>4.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sol.</span>12</span>; but <b class="b3">τυφλὸς τῆς προνοίας</b> [[lacking]] [[vision]] of the [[future]], Id.2.975c; <b class="b3">τὰ τυφλὰ τοῦ σώματος</b>, i. e. one's [[back]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.3.45</span>; [[καὶ τυφλῷ γε δῆλον]] = [[even a blind man can see that]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>55o</span>d; for <span class="bibl">Cratin.6</span>, v. [[κωφός]] <span class="bibl">11.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of the [[limb]]s of the [[blind]], τυφλὸς [[πούς]] <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1050</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>834</span>, etc. (cf. [[τυφλόπους]]); [[χείρ]] ib. <span class="bibl">1699</span>; [[βάκτρον]], τοξεύματα, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ion</span> 744</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HF</span>199</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> metaph. of the other senses and the mind, τ. ἦτορ <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.23</span>; τυφλὸς τά τ' ὦτα, τόν τε νοῦν, τά τ' ὄμματ' εἶ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>371</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν τέχνην ἔφυ τ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">389</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> metaph., τυφλὸς [[ὄλβος]] <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>776</span>; ἡ [[φύσις]] ἄνευ μαθήσεως τυφλόν Plu.2.2b; <b class="b3">τῇ τύχῃ... ἣν τυφλὴν λοιδοροῦμεν</b> ib.98a; τ. ἔδραμε πᾶσα τρόπις <span class="title">AP</span>9.289 (Bass.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of things, [[dark]], [[dim]], [[obscure]], ἐλπίδες <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>252</span>; ἄτη <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1104</span>; τὸ δ' ἐς αὔριον αἰεὶ τ. ἕρπει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>593.6</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">τυφλαὶ σπιλάδες</b> [[blind]] [[rock]]s, <span class="title">AP</span>7.275 (Gaet.); αἱ ἄνευ ἐπιστήμης δόξαι τυφλαί <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>506c</span>; δεσμῶν τυφλαὶ ἀρχαί [[hidden]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>18</span>; τ. ὑπόνοια Id.2.587c; <b class="b3">τυφλὸν  κίνημα</b>, of [[revolution]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Galb.</span>18</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of passages or apertures, [[blind]], [[closed]], [[with no outlet]], <b class="b3">τοῦ ἐντέρου τυφλόν τι</b>, of the [[intestinum caecum]] (<b class="b3">τὸ τυφλόν</b> in <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>4.18</span>, al.), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span> 675b7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">676a5</span>; τυφλὸν [[ἔντερον]] Ruf. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.7.26.25</span>; τυφλὸν [[τρῆμα]] = the [[foramen]] [[caecum]] (stylo-mastoid), <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>144</span>, <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>9.10</span>; τ. στενωποί <span class="bibl">Str.1.1.17</span>; τ. ὁδοί Anon. ap. Suid.; <b class="b3">τυφλὴ ῥύμη</b> a [[blind]] [[alley]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span> 99.9</span> (i A. D.); of [[river]]s and [[harbour]]s, [[choked with mud]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sull.</span> 20</span> (v. sq.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Caes.</span>58</span>; of the [[halcyon]]'s [[nest]], [[closed]], [[tight]], Id.2.983d; <b class="b3">τυφλοὶ ὄζοι</b> [[branch]]es [[without]] [[bud]]s or [[eye]]s, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.8.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">CP</span>3.2.8</span>; τυφλὸν [[κῦμα]] [[dark]], [[trackless]], AP7.400 (Serapio), 12.156; τυφλὸς [[μώλωψ]] = a [[wound]] [[without an outlet]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Aem.</span>19</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ τυφλὸν ἅμμα καλούμενον</b> the so-called [[unescapable]] [[knot]], Gal.2.669; of a [[hook]] (cf. [[τυφλάγκιστρον]]), [[blunt]], <span class="bibl">Orib.45.18.9</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Adv., <b class="b3">πρὸς τὸ ὠφέλιμον τυφλῶς ἔχειν</b> to be [[blind]] to it, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>479b</span>; [[τυφλῶς]] καὶ [[ἀσκέπτως]] <span class="bibl">Antip.Stoic. 3.256</span>; τ. καὶ οὐ [[γνωρίμως]] διασαφεῖ <span class="bibl">Str.9.5.21</span>. [ῠ by nature, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span> 389</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1050</span>, etc., freq. ῡ by position: prob. not connected with [[τύφω]] [ῡ]: perhaps cf. Goth. daufs, OE. déaf '[[stupid]]', Olr. [[dub]] '[[black]]'.]</span>