- τυφόω
- τυφόω (τῦφος) 1 aor. pass. ἐτυφώθην; pf. pass. τετύφωμαι; ‘becloud, delude’, but only in a fig. sense and quite predom., in our lit. exclusively, in the pass. (Hippocr., Pla.) τυφόομαὶ for our lit. the mngs. are surely① be puffed up, conceited (Strabo 15, 1, 5; Plut., Mor. 59a; Aelian, VH 3, 28; Diog. L. 6, 7; 26 al.; Philo, Congr. Erud. Gr. 128; Jos., Vi. 53) τυφωθείς (cp. Sext. Emp., Pyrrh. 3, 193) 1 Ti 3:6. Cp. 2 Ti 3:4. The ancient versions also understand τετύφωται μηδὲν ἐπιστάμενος 1 Ti 6:4 in this sense, though this pass. may belong under mng. 2 or 3.② be blinded, become foolish (Hippocr. et al.) pf. pass. in act. sense be foolish, stupid (Demosth. 9, 20; 19, 219 μαίνομαι καὶ τετύφωμαι; Polyb. 3, 81, 1 ἀγνοεῖ κ. τετύφωται; Dio Chrys. 30 [47], 18 ἢ ἐγὼ τετύφωμαι καὶ ἀνόητός εἰμι; Philo, Conf. Lingu. 106; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 15; 2, 255) 1 Ti 6:4 (s. 1).—DELG s.v. τύφομαι. M-M. Spicq.③ be mentally ill (cp. Demosth. 9, 20; Plut., Mor. 81f). AMalherbe (Medical Imagery in the Pastoral Letters: Paul and the Popular Philosophers ’89, 123f, esp. n. 7) considers this mng. “quite likely” for 1 Ti 6:4. Cp. VLeinieks, The City of Dionysos ’96, 107–22.
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