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κοῦφος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κοῦφος κοῦφη κοῦφον

Structure: κουφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. light, nimble, too buoyant
  2. light, easy
  3. empty, unsubstantial, vain
  4. light, lightly, sit tibi terra levis
  5. lightly, nimbly
  6. lightly, with light heart, lightly
  7. lightly, with ease

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative κοῦφος κούφη κοῦφον
Genitive κούφου κούφης κούφου
Dative κούφῳ κούφῃ κούφῳ
Accusative κοῦφον κούφην κοῦφον
Vocative κοῦφε κούφη κοῦφον
DualN/A/V κούφω κούφᾱ κούφω
G/D κούφοιν κούφαιν κούφοιν
PluralNominative κοῦφοι κοῦφαι κοῦφα
Genitive κούφων κουφῶν κούφων
Dative κούφοις κούφαις κούφοις
Accusative κούφους κούφᾱς κοῦφα
Vocative κοῦφοι κοῦφαι κοῦφα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective κοῦφος κούφου κουφότερος κουφοτέρου κουφότατος κουφοτάτου
Adverb κούφως κουφότερον κουφότατα

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

  • ἤκουον γάρ, οἶμαι, τῶν σκοπῶν ἀλλόκοτα ὑπὲρ τῆσ στρατιᾶσ αὐτοῦ ἀγγελλόντων, ὡσ ἡ μὲν φάλαγξ αὐτῷ καὶ οἱ λόχοι γυναῖκεσ εἰε͂ν ἔκφρονεσ καὶ μεμηνυῖαι, κιττῷ ἐστεμμέναι, νεβρίδασ ἐνημμέναι, δοράτια μικρὰ ἔχουσαι ἀσίδηρα, κιττοποίητα καὶ ταῦτα, καί τινα πελτάρια, κοῦφα, βομβοῦντα, εἴ τισ μόνον προσάψαιτο ‐ ἀσπίσι γὰρ εἴκαζον, οἶμαι,τὰ τύμπανα ‐ ‐ ὀλίγουσ δέ τινασ ἀγροίκουσ νεανίσκουσ ἐνεῖναι, γυμνούσ, κόρδακα ὀρχουμένουσ, οὐρὰσ ἔχοντασ, κεράστασ, οἱᾶ τοῖσ ἄρτι γεννηθεῖσιν ἐρίφοισ ὑποφύεται. (Lucian, (no name) 1:2)
  • ἐπὶ δ’ ἱππείου θόρε δίφρου, εἴκελοσ ἀστεροπῇ πατρὸσ Διὸσ αἰγιόχοιο, κοῦφα βιβάσ· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 29:3)
  • πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα, ὦ Ἀνάχαρσι, ἐπ’ ἐκεῖνον τὸν ἀγῶνα ποριζόμεθα τὸν ἐν τοῖσ ὅπλοισ καὶ ἡγούμεθα πολὺ ἀμείνοσι χρήσασθαι τοῖσ οὕτωσ ἀσκηθεῖσιν, ἐπειδὰν πρότερον αὐτῶν γυμνὰ τὰ σώματα καταμαλάξαντεσ καὶ διαπονήσαντεσ ἐρρωμενέστερα καὶ ἀλκιμώτερα ἐξεργασώμεθα καὶ κοῦφα καὶ εὔτονα καὶ τὰ αὐτὰ βαρέα τοῖσ ἀνταγωνισταῖσ . (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 24:10)
  • φεύγουσί τε γάρ, ἢν δέῃ, κοῦφα, καὶ ἢν διώκητε, ἄφυκτα τοῖσ πολεμίοισ ἔσται, ὑμῶν οὕτω μεγάλα διαβαινόντων ἐπ’ αὐτούσ. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 32:2)
  • ὥστε ἀφέντασ τὴν κόνιν καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον δίδασκε αὐτοὺσ τοξεύειν καὶ ἀκοντίζειν μὴ κοῦφα διδοὺσ τὰ ἀκόντια καὶ οἱᾶ διαφέρεσθαι πρὸσ τὸν ἄνεμον, ἀλλ’ ἔστω λόγχη βαρεῖα μετὰ συριγμοῦ ἑλιττομένη καὶ λίθοσ χειροπληθὴσ καὶ σάγαρισ καὶ γέρρον ἐν τῇ ἀριστερᾷ καὶ θώραξ καὶ κράνοσ. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 32:5)

Synonyms

  1. light

  2. light

  3. empty

Related

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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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