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Headword: Ἐθελοκώφων
Adler number: epsilon,305
Translated headword: wilfully deaf
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Not wishing to hear, misunderstanding on purpose.
Greek Original:
Ἐθελοκώφων: μὴ βουλομένων ἀκούειν, θελήσει παρακουόντων.
Notes:
In the genitive plural. Similarly glossed in other lexica; evidently quoted from somewhere.
Somewhat commoner are the related verb ἐθελοκωφέω and abstract noun ἐελοκωφία . For some instances see Strabo 1.2.30; Diodorus Siculus 30.9.1; Sextus Empiricus, Adv.math. 11.202; Procopius, History of the wars of Justinian 8.4.12; LXX Ecclesiasticus 19.27; and in several Christian writers.
Keywords: Christianity; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; imagery; medicine
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 19 December 2005@13:14:58.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords) on 20 December 2005@03:18:06.
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords) on 24 December 2007@06:51:13.
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