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ἐλαφρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλαφρός ἐλαφρή ἐλαφρόν

Structure: ἐλαφρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)lafro/s

Sense

  1. lightly, buoyantly
  2. light to bear, not burdensome, easy, light, easy, light
  3. light in moving, nimble, active, light troops
  4. lightminded, thoughtless

Examples

  • καὶ τὰ σκέλη αὐτῶν ὀρθά, καὶ πτερωτοὶ οἱ πόδεσ αὐτῶν, καὶ σπινθῆρεσ ὡσ ἐξαστράπτων χαλκόσ, καὶ ἐλαφραὶ αἱ πτέρυγεσ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 1:7)
  • ἐλπίδεσ ἀνθρώπων, ἐλαφραὶ θεαὶ ‐ οὐ γὰρ ἂν ὧδε Λέσβον’ ὁ λυσιμελὴσ ἀμφεκάλυψ’ Αἴδησ, ὅσ ποτε καὶ βασιλῆι συνέδραμε, ‐ ναὶ μετ’ Ἐρώτων χαίρετε κουφόταται δαίμονεσ ἀθανάτων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 4201)
  • καὶ ἐὰν ὦσι τοιαῦται αἱ κύνεσ, ἔσονται ἰσχυραὶ τὰ εἴδη, ἐλαφραί, σύμμετροι, ποδώκεισ, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν προσώπων φαιδραὶ καὶ εὔστομοι. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 4 3:1)
  • "οὕτω τὰσ ψυχὰσ αἱ μὲν ἐλαφραὶ ζητήσεισ ἐμμελῶσ καὶ ὠφελίμωσ κινοῦσιν, ἐριδαντέων δὲ κατὰ Δημόκριτον καὶ ἱμαντελικτέων λόγουσ ἀφετέον, οἳ αὐτούσ τε κατατείνουσιν ἐν πράγμασι γλίσχροισ καὶ δυσθεωρήτοισ τούσ τε παρατυγχάνοντασ ἀνιῶσι· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 12:3)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἔτ’ ἔμπεδα γυῖα φίλοσ πόδεσ, οὐδέ τι χεῖρεσ ὤμων ἀμφοτέρωθεν ἐπαί̈σσονται ἐλαφραί. (Homer, Iliad, Book 23 59:4)

Synonyms

  1. light to bear

  2. light in moving

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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