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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 μὴν οὐδ’ ἡ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἐπαίνουσ τοῦ ἀδυσωπήτου μελέτη καὶ ἄσκησισ ἐν μικροῖσ καὶ ἐλαφροῖσ ἄχρηστόσ ἐστιν. (Plutarch, De vitioso pudore, section 61)
  • ἐφήδρευε δὲ Καῖσαρ, οὐ παρὼν αὐτὸσ δι’ ἀσθένειαν, ἀλλ’ ἡ δύναμισ, οὐ πάνυ μαχεῖσθαι προσδοκῶσα τοὺσ πολεμίουσ, ἀλλὰ μόνον ἐκδρομαῖσ χρῆσθαι πρὸσ τὰ ἔργα καὶ βέλεσιν ἐλαφροῖσ καὶ θορύβοισ τοὺσ ὀρύσσοντασ ἐπιταράσσειν· (Plutarch, Brutus, chapter 41 1:2)
  • εἴσπλουν δ’ ἔχει πλοίοισ ἐλαφροῖσ, ἐνορμίσασθαι μὲν ἄχρηστοσ, τῶν ὀστρέων δὲ θήραν ἔχων ἀφθονωτάτην. (Strabo, Geography, book 5, chapter 4 12:3)

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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