τυφλός

A. blind, once in Hom., Il. 6.139, cf. h.Ap. 172, freq. in other writers; τυφλὸς ἐκ δεδορκότος S. OT 454; τ. Ἄρης, Πλοῦτος, Id. Fr. 838, Theoc. 10.19; τ. ὄψις, ὀφθαλμοί, E. Cyc. 697, Pl. R. 518c, etc.: c. gen., τ. τινός blind to . . , X. Smp. 4.12, Plu. Sol. 12; but τ. τῆς προνοίας lacking vision of the future, Id. 2.975c; τὰ τ. τοῦ σώματος, i. e. one's back, X. Cyr. 3.3.45; καὶ τυφλῷ γε δῆλον even a blind man can see that, Pl. R. 55od; for Cratin. 6, v. κωφός 11.2.

2. of the limbs of the blind, τ. πούς E. Hec. 1050, Ph. 834, etc. (cf. τυφλόπους); χείρ ib. 1699; [βάκτρον], τοξεύματα, Id. Ion 744, HF 199.

3. metaph. of the other senses and the mind, τ. ἦτορ Pi. N. 7.23; τυφλὸς τά τ’ ὦτα, τόν τε νοῦν, τά τ’ ὄμματ’ εἶ S. OT 371; τὴν τέχνην ἔφυ τ. ib.389.

4. metaph., τ. ὄλβος E. Fr. 776; ἡ φύσις ἄνευ μαθήσεως τυφλόν Plu. 2.2b; τῇ τύχῃ . . , ἣν τυφλὴν λοιδοροῦμεν ib.98a; τ. ἔδραμε πᾶσα τρόπις AP 9.289 (Bass.).

II. of things, dark, dim, obscure, ἐλπίδες A. Pr. 252; ἄτη S. Tr. 1104; τὸ δ’ ἐς αὔριον αἰεὶ τ. ἕρπει Id. Fr. 593.6 (lyr.); τ. σπιλάδες blind rocks, AP 7.275 (Gaet.); αἱ ἄνευ ἐπιστήμης δόξαι τυφλαί Pl. R. 506c; δεσμῶν τ. ἀρχαί hidden, Plu. Alex. 18; τ. ὑπόνοια Id. 2.587c; τ. κίνημα, of revolution, Id. Galb. 18.

2. of passages or apertures, blind, closed, with no outlet, τοῦ ἐντέρου τυφλόν τι, of the intestinum caecum (τὸ τυφλόν in Gal. UP 4.18, al.), Arist. PA 675b7, cf. 676a5; τ. ἔντερον Ruf. ap. Orib. 7.26.25; τ. τρῆμα the foramen caecum (stylo-mastoid), Ruf. Onom. 144, Gal. UP 9.10; τ. στενωποί Str. 1.1.17; τ. ὁδοί Anon. ap. Suid.; τ. ῥύμη a blind alley, POxy. 99.9 (i A. D.); of rivers and harbours, choked with mud, Plu. Sull. 20 (v. sq.), cf. Caes. 58; of the halcyon's nest, closed, tight, Id. 2.983d; τυφλοὶ ὄζοι branches without buds or eyes, Thphr. HP 1.8.4, cf. CP 3.2.8; τ. κῦμα dark, trackless, AP 7.400 (Serapio), 12.156; τ. μώλωψ a wound without an outlet, Plu. Aem. 19; τὸ τ. ἅμμα καλούμενον the so-called unescapable knot, Gal. 2.669; of a hook (cf. τυφλάγκιστρον), blunt, Orib. 45.18.9.

III. Adv., πρὸς τὸ ὠφέλιμον τυφλῶς ἔχειν to be blind to it, Pl. Grg. 479b; τ. καὶ ἀσκέπτως Antip.Stoic. 3.256; τ. καὶ οὐ γνωρίμως διασαφεῖ Str. 9.5.21. [υ by nature, S. OT 389, E. Hec. 1050, etc., freq. υ by position: prob. not connected with τύφω [υ]: perh. cf. Goth. daufs, OE. déaf 'stupid', Olr. dub 'black'.]