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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

  • Ὅρασισ Αἰγύπτου. ‐ ΙΔΟΥ Κύριοσ κάθηται ἐπὶ νεφέλησ κούφησ καὶ ἥξει εἰσ Αἴγυπτον, καὶ σεισθήσεται τὰ χειροποίητα Αἰγύπτου ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἡ καρδία αὐτῶν ἡττηθήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 19:1)
  • τὴν δ’ ὀλιγότητα τῶν πολεμίων καὶ τὴν ἀχρηματίαν πυνθανόμενοσ καρτερεῖν παρεκάλει τοὺσ Ῥωμαίουσ καὶ μὴ μάχεσθαι πρὸσ ἄνθρωπον ἐπ’ αὐτῷ τούτῳ διὰ πολλῶν ἀγώνων ἠσκημένῃ στρατιᾷ χρώμενον, ἀλλὰ τοῖσ συμμάχοισ ἐπιπέμποντασ βοηθείασ καὶ τὰσ πόλεισ διὰ χειρὸσ ἔχοντασ αὐτὴν ἐᾶν περὶ αὑτῇ μαραίνεσθαι τὴν ἀκμὴν τοῦ Ἀννίβου, καθάπερ φλόγα λάμψασαν ἀπὸ μικρᾶσ καὶ κούφησ δυνάμεωσ. (Plutarch, Fabius Maximus, chapter 2 5:1)
  • αὐτίκα δ’ ἐσσυμένωσ νεφέλησ ἐπιβᾶσα πόδεσσιν κούφησ, ἥ κε φέροι μιν ἄφαρ βριαρήν περ ἐοῦσαν, σεύατ’ ἴμεν πόντονδε, φίλα φρονέουσ’ ἐρέτῃσιν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 9:7)
  • κούφησ δ’ αἰωρεῖται ἀπ’ ἐλπίδοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 4112)
  • οἱ μὲν οὖν μάντεισ ἀπεφήναντο πλεῖστον αὐτὸν ἰσχύσειν ἀπὸ τῆσ τοξικῆσ καὶ κούφησ στρατιᾶσ, οἱ δὲ πολλοὶ Διόνυσον αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῶν κεραυνοβολιῶν ὁμοιότητι τοῦ πάθουσ προσηγόρευσαν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 11:2)

Synonyms

  1. light

  2. light

  3. empty

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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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