κωφός
Alt. κωφός, ή, όν
Etym. κόπτω
I. radical sense, "blunt, dull, obtuse", κωφὸν βέλος "the blunt, dull" shaft, opp. to ὀξύ, Il.
II. metaph.:
1. "dumb, mute", κύματι κωφῷ with "dumb" wave, before it breaks, id=Il.; κωφὴν γαῖαν ἀεικίζει dishonours "the dumb, senseless" earth, id=Il.; τὰ μὲν ἄλλα ἔσκε κωφά the other parts of the ground sounded "dull", opp. to the "ringing" of the hollow parts, Hdt.; ὁ κ. λιμήν, prob. the bay of Munychia, as opp. to the "noisy" Peiraeus, Xen.
2. after Hom., of men, "dumb", Orac. ap. Hdt.: "deaf and dumb", id=Hdt.
3. "deaf", Lat. surdus, Hhymn., Aesch., etc.
4. of the mind, "dull, stupid", Lat. fatuus, Soph.; also "senseless, unmeaning", κ. καὶ παλαί᾽ ἔπη id=Soph.