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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

lightly, buoyantly
light to bear, not burdensome, easy, light, easy, light
light in moving, nimble, active, light troops
lightminded, thoughtless

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ἐλαφρός	ἐλαφρᾱ́	ἐλαφρόν
	Genitive	ἐλαφροῦ	ἐλαφρᾶς	ἐλαφροῦ
	Dative	ἐλαφρῷ	ἐλαφρᾷ	ἐλαφρῷ
	Accusative	ἐλαφρόν	ἐλαφρᾱ́ν	ἐλαφρόν
	Vocative	ἐλαφρέ	ἐλαφρᾱ́	ἐλαφρόν
Dual	N/A/V	ἐλαφρώ	ἐλαφρᾱ́	ἐλαφρώ
Dual	G/D	ἐλαφροῖν	ἐλαφραῖν	ἐλαφροῖν
Plural	Nominative	ἐλαφροί	ἐλαφραί	ἐλαφρά
	Genitive	ἐλαφρῶν	ἐλαφρῶν	ἐλαφρῶν
	Dative	ἐλαφροῖς	ἐλαφραῖς	ἐλαφροῖς
	Accusative	ἐλαφρούς	ἐλαφρᾱ́ς	ἐλαφρά
	Vocative	ἐλαφροί	ἐλαφραί	ἐλαφρά

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	ἐλαφρός ἐλαφροῦ	ἐλαφρότερος ἐλαφροτεροῦ	ἐλαφρότατος ἐλαφροτατοῦ
Adverb	ἐλαφρώς	ἐλαφρότερον	ἐλαφρότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

Μητρόδωροσ δ’ ὁ Σκήψιοσ ἐν δευτέρῳ περὶ Ἀλειπτικῆσ Ἱππώνακτα τὸν ποιητὴν οὐ μόνον μικρὸν γενέσθαι τὸ σῶμα ἀλλὰ καὶ λεπτόν, ἀκρότονον δ’ οὕτωσ ὡσ πρὸσ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ καὶ κενὴν λήκυθον βάλλειν μέγιστόν τι διάστημα, τῶν ἐλαφρῶν σωμάτων διὰ τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι τὸν ἀέρα τέμνειν οὐκ ἐχόντων βιαίαν τὴν φοράν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 77 1:2)
"οὐ γὰρ δὴ τῶν μὲν ἐλαφρῶν τὴν ἄνω φορὰν ἀφαιρεῖσθαι· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 139)
αἱ γὰρ καλούμεναι ψυχραὶ τράπεζαι πρότερον, ὀστρέων, ἐχίνων, ὠμῶν λαχάνων, ὥσπερ ἐλαφρῶν ὁ Πλάτων, ἀπ’ οὐρᾶσ ἐπὶ στόμα μεταχθεῖσαι τὴν πρώτην ἀντὶ τῆσ ἐσχάτησ τάξιν ἔχουσι. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 8, 16:32)
ἠξίουν δ’ αὐτὸν ἐφ’ ἡμέρασ τινὰσ προσβάλλοντα τῇ πόλει καὶ δι’ ἀκροβολισμῶν ἐλαφρῶν προαγόμενον τοὺσ ἐκ τῆσ πόλεωσ ὑποχωρεῖν ὡσ φεύγοντα· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 18, chapter 46 5:1)
οὓσ ἅπαντασ ἔφασαν ἐξ ἐλαφρῶν καὶ τῶν τυχόντων δυναστῶν πεποιηκέναι βασιλεῖσ ὁμολογουμένωσ. (Polybius, Histories, book 21, chapter 11 8:1)

Synonyms

light to bear
- ἀβαρής (Not burdensome)
- κοῦφος (light, easy)
light in moving
- διερός (fresh, active, nimble)

μυγμός (a moaning)
δῆγμα (a bite)
ὀξύρροπος (turning quickly)
ἀνακόπτω (to drive back)
εὔστροφος (well-twisted)
ῥωμαλέος (strong of body)
εὐάγωγος (easy to lead)
ἐκκρεμής (hanging from or upon)
ὑπείκω (to retire)
τύλος (a knot or callus)
μεθημερινός (happening by day)
ὑποχόνδριος (Under the ribs)
κελευστός (ordered)
ῥαγδαῖος (tearing)
κήρινος (of wax)
ὑπέκκαυμα (combustible matter)
ἄσαρκος (without flesh)
σκληρότης (hardness)
ἐπάλληλος (one after another)
διάπονος (exercised)
ἁλιάδης (a seaman)
δυσκίνητος (hard to move)
εὔτονος (well-strung)
στάσιμος (standing)
ἄναρθρος (without joints)
δύσεργος (unfit for work)
κυλίω (to roll along)
φορβεία (a feeding-string)
ἀκατάστατος (unstable)
τρῖψις (rubbing)

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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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ἐλαφρός

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light to bear

light in moving

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ἐλαφρός

Sense

Declension

Examples

Synonyms

light to bear

light in moving

Related

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