κωφ-ός, ή, όν,
blunt, dull, obtuse, opposed to ὀξύς, κ. βέλος [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.390, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 495.27; κ. καλάμη “Anthologia Graeca” 12.25 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Statyllius Flaccus Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically,
__II.1 of sound, mute, noiseless, κύματι κωφῷ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.16 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κωφὴν γὰρ δὴ γαῖαν ἀεικίζει is maltreating dumb, senseless earth, [[ 24.54 ] Refs]; τὰ μὲν ἄλλα ἔσκε κωφά the other parts sounded dull, opposed to to the ringing of the hollow parts when struck, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.200 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: neuter plural as adverb, κωφὰ δὲ πόντος κεῖτο [[ 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 1103 ] Refs 5th c.AD+]; ὁ κ. λιμήν, probably the bay of Munychia, as opposed to to the noisy Piraeus, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.31 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κωφότερος ὁ ψόφος ἔσται, i.e. muffled, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 19 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τῶν μεταλλικῶν κωφότατος [ὁ σίδηρος] rings least, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.721f; κωφοὶ ἄνεμοι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.51. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.2 after [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], of men or animals, dumb, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 6.7, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; καὶ κωφοῦ συνίημι καὶ οὐ φωνεῦντος ἀκούω Oracle texts cited in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.47 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ.. παρὰ κωφὸν ὁ τυφλὸς ἔοικε λαλῆσαι, i.e. is not so dumb but that he will answer the blind fool who assails him, [[ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 6; κωφότερος κίχλης 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 29 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. χάρις a mute gift (i.e. an epitaph), [[ “epigram Gr.” 298 (from Teos)] Refs]; so κωφοῖς δάκρυσι [[ “IPE” 2.299 (from Panticapaeum)] Refs]; κ. τάφοι probably in [[ “IG” 12(8).441.26] Refs]; κ. προσωπεῖον mute figure on the stage, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.520, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.791e; κ. πρόσωπον 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 13.19.3 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; κ. καὶ ἄλογος, of a house, with no echoes, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dom.” 1. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]