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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">numb, deaden</b>, ὀδύνας κωφοῖ <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Liqu.</span>1</span>, cf. Gal.19.116:—Pass., <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Morb.</span>2.8</span>: metaph. in Pass., κ. πρὸς μάθησιν <span class="bibl">Ph.1.548</span>; κεκωφωμένος πρὸς τὰ τεχνικὰ θεωρήματα <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>1.34</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">deafen</b>, in Pass., ὁκόσοισιν ἂν τὰ ὦτα κωφωθῇ <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>4.60</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ph.1.224</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">put to silence</b>, in Pass., <b class="b2">become dumb</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ps.</span>38(39).3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">maim, injure</b>, in Pass., <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Loc.Hom.</span>2</span>, cf. Erot.s.v.<b class="b3">κωφωθῇ</b>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Pass., of water, <b class="b2">lose its freshness</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Vict.</span>1.35</span>.</span>

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