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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

  • αἱ γὰρ τοιαῦται φυγαὶ καὶ διακρούσεισ, ἐν ἐλαφραῖσ μέμψεσι τὴν μελέτην ἔχουσαι τοῦ ἀδυσωπήτου, προεθίζουσιν ἡμᾶσ ἐπὶ τὰ μείζονα. (Plutarch, De vitioso pudore, section 5 4:1)
  • αἰθὴρ δ’ ἐλαφραῖσ πτερύγων ῥιπαῖσ ὑποσυρίζει. (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode, anapests3)

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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