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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

  • Σαοὺλ καὶ Ἰωνάθαν, οἱ ἠγαπημένοι καὶ ὡραῖοι, οὐ διακεχωρισμένοι, εὐπρεπεῖσ ἐν τῇ ζωῇ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ αὐτῶν οὐ διεχωρίσθησαν. ὑπὲρ ἀετοὺσ κοῦφοι καὶ ὑπὲρ λέοντασ ἐκραταιώθησαν. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 1:23)
  • καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Γαδδὶ ἐχωρίσθησαν πρὸσ Δαυὶδ ἀπὸ τῆσ ἐρήμου ἰσχυροὶ δυνατοὶ ἄνδρεσ παρατάξεωσ πολέμου αἴροντεσ θυρεοὺσ καὶ δόρατα, καὶ πρόσωπον λέοντοσ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν, καὶ κοῦφοι ὡσ δορκάδεσ ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρέων τῷ τάχει. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 12:9)
  • ὁ ἀποστέλλων ἐν θαλάσσῃ ὅμηρα καὶ ἐπιστολὰσ βιβλίνασ ἐπάνω τοῦ ὕδατοσ. πορεύσονται γὰρ ἄγγελοι κοῦφοι πρὸσ ἔθνοσ μετέωρον καὶ ξένον λαὸν καὶ χαλεπόν, τίσ αὐτοῦ ἐπέκεινα̣ ἔθνοσ ἀνέλπιστον καὶ καταπεπατημένον. νῦν οἱ ποταμοὶ τῆσ γῆς (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 18:2)
  • ἀλλ̓ εἴπατε. ἐφ̓ ἵππων φευξόμεθα. διὰ τοῦτο φεύξεσθε. καὶ εἴπατε. ἐπὶ κούφοισ ἀναβάται ἐσόμεθα. διὰ τοῦτο κοῦφοι ἔσονται οἱ διώκοντεσ ὑμᾶσ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 30:16)
  • ἤγγικεν ὁ καιρὸσ ἡμῶν, ἐκπληρώθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι ἡμῶν, πάρεστιν ὁ καιρὸσ ἡμῶν. Κοῦφοι ἐγένοντο οἱ διώκοντεσ ἡμᾶσ ὑπὲρ ἀετοὺσ οὐρανοῦ, ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρέων ἐξέπτησαν, ἐν ἐρήμῳ ἐνύδρευσαν ἡμᾶσ. (Septuagint, Lamentationes 4:19)

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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