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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 ἐκρίνοσαν τὸν λαὸν πᾶσαν ὥραν. πᾶν δὲ ρῆμα ὑπέρογκον ἀνεφέροσαν ἐπὶ Μωυσῆν, πᾶν δὲ ρῆμα ἐλαφρὸν ἐκρίνοσαν αὐτοί. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 18:26)
  • ἐχρῆν μὲν οὕτωσ, ὦ Τιμόκλεισ, καὶ οὐδὲν ἂν ἦν μέγα κακὸν ὑποκύψαντα φέρειν τὸν ζυγὸν ἐλαφρόν τε καὶ εὔφορον καὶ τὸ μέγιστον, ἐπίχρυσον ὄντα. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 13:3)
  • τοῦτο ἐλαφρὸν τ’ ἐστὶ καὶ ἄτροφον, καὶ μᾶλλον αὐτοῦ ἔτι ἡ ἐπανθρακὶσ καλουμένη. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 74 5:11)
  • περὶ τὴν δίαιταν, οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄγαν τὸ ὑγιαῖνον σῶμα φύσει μεγάλασ ἐπιθυμίασ οὐδὲ δυσπειθεῖσ οὐδ’ ἀσυνήθεισ οὐδὲ δυσεκβιάστουσ, ἀλλὰ δεῖ θαρρεῖν πρὸσ τὰσ ὀρέξεισ ἐκφερομένασ καὶ ἐπιπηδώσασ ταῖσ ἀπολαύσεσιν, ὡσ ἐλαφρὸν καὶ παιδικὸν ἐχούσασ τὸ μεμψιμοιροῦν καὶ κλαυθμυριζόμενον, εἶτα παυομένασ ἀρθείσησ τῆσ· (Plutarch, De tuenda sanitate praecepta, chapter, section 9 6:1)
  • δεῖ δ’ ὥσπερ ἱστίον τὸ σῶμα μήτε συστέλλειν εὐδίασ οὔσησ καὶ πιέζειν σφόδρα, μήτ’ ἀνειμένωσ χρῆσθαὶ τε καὶ καταφρονεῖν ἐν ὑποψίᾳ γενόμενον, ἀλλ’ ἐνδιδόναι καὶ ποιεῖν ἐλαφρὸν ὥσπερ εἴρηται, καὶ μὴ περιμένειν ἀπεψίασ καὶ διαρροίασ μηδὲ θερμασίασ μηδὲ, νάρκασ, ὑφ’ ὧν ἔνιοι μόλισ ὥσπερ ὑπ’ ἀγγέλων ἢ κλητόρων, πυρετοῦ περὶ θύρασ ὄντοσ; (Plutarch, De tuenda sanitate praecepta, chapter, section 13 2:1)

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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