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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

  • ὁ δὲ βίοσ μού ἐστιν ἐλαφρότεροσ λαλιᾶσ, ἀπόλωλε δὲ ἐν κενῇ ἐλπίδι. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 7:6)
  • ὁ δὲ βίοσ μού ἐστιν ἐλαφρότεροσ δρομέωσ. ἀπέδρασαν καὶ οὐκ εἴδοσαν. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 9:25)
  • ἦμοσ δὴ λήγει μένοσ ὀξέοσ ἠελίοιο καύματοσ ἰδαλίμου, μετοπωρινὸν ὀμβρήσαντοσ Ζηνὸσ ἐρισθενέοσ, μετὰ δὲ τρέπεται βρότεοσ χρὼσ πολλὸν ἐλαφρότεροσ· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 49:1)
  • τοῦ πίνων ἀπὸ μὲν χαλεπὰσ σκεδάσεισ μελεδώνασ, θωρηχθεὶσ δ’ ἔσεαι πολλὸν ἐλαφρότεροσ. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-1389485)
  • ἀρθεὶσ ἐξ αὔρησ λεπτῆσ ἐποτᾶτο δι’ αἴθρησ Χαιρήμων, ἀχύρου πολλὸν ἐλαφρότεροσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 1061)

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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