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ἐνεός

ἐνεός, dumb, deaf and dumb

ἐνεός (in codd. sts. ἐννεός Act.Ap. 9.7, etc.), ά, όν,
  • dumb, speechless, freq. joined with κωφός, as Pl. Tht. 206d, Arist. HA 536b4, Pr. 961b14, Sens. 437a16; without κωφός, ἐνεοῖς ἀνθρώποις ὁμοίους Epicur. Fr. 356, cf. LXX Is. 56.10, Plu. Num. 8, D.C. 62.16: acc. to Hsch., ὃς οὔτε ἀκούει οὔτε λαλεῖ deaf and dumb, as in X. An. 4.5.33. Adv. -εῶς dub.l. in Orac. ap. Polyaen. 6.53.
      • 2 senseless, stupid, ἀπείρους καὶ ἐ. Pl. Alc. 2.140d.
      • 3 of things, useless, Hp. Off. 8; ἐς τὸ ἐ. κεῖσθαι ibid.
      • 4 dumbfounded, astonished, εἱστήκεισαν ἐ. Act.Ap. l.c.

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