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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

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἐλαφρός ἐλαφρᾱ́ ἐλαφρόν
Genitive ἐλαφροῦ ἐλαφρᾶς ἐλαφροῦ
Dative ἐλαφρῷ ἐλαφρᾷ ἐλαφρῷ
Accusative ἐλαφρόν ἐλαφρᾱ́ν ἐλαφρόν
Vocative ἐλαφρέ ἐλαφρᾱ́ ἐλαφρόν
DualN/A/V ἐλαφρώ ἐλαφρᾱ́ ἐλαφρώ
G/D ἐλαφροῖν ἐλαφραῖν ἐλαφροῖν
PluralNominative 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

  • 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

Related

Similar forms

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

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