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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

  • καὶ ἐγένοντο ἐκεῖ τρεῖσ υἱοὶ Σαρουί̈ασ, Ἰωὰβ καὶ Ἀβεσσὰ καὶ Ἀσαήλ, καὶ Ἀσαὴλ κοῦφοσ τοῖσ ποσὶν αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ μία δορκὰσ ἐν ἀγρῷ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 2:18)
  • Ὁ ταχὺ ἐμπιστεύων κοῦφοσ καρδίᾳ, καὶ ὁ ἁμαρτάνων εἰσ ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ πλημμελήσει. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 19:4)
  • μὴ φευγέτω ὁ κοῦφοσ, καὶ μὴ ἀνασωζέσθω ὁ ἰσχυρόσ. ἐπὶ βορρᾶν τὰ παρὰ τὸν Εὐφράτην ἠσθένησαν, πεπτώκασι. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 26:5)
  • σὺ δὲ οἰσυΐνην ἀσπίδα ἔχων, εὐσταλὴσ καὶ κοῦφοσ εἰσ σωτηρίαν, ἕτοιμοσ ἑστιᾶσθαι τὰ ἐπινίκια, ἐπειδὰν θύῃ ὁ στρατηγὸσ νενικηκώσ. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 21:5)
  • ἀμέλει οὐδέν σοι τῶν χαλεπῶν τούτων νοσημάτων πρόσεισιν, ἀλλ’ ἤν ποτε κοῦφοσ πυρετὸσ ἐπιλάβηται, πρὸσ ὀλίγον ὑπηρετήσασ αὐτῷ ἀνεπήδησασ εὐθὺσ ἀποσεισάμενοσ τὴν ἄσην, ὁ δὲ φεύγει αὐτίκα φοβηθείσ, ψυχροῦ σε ὁρῶν ἐμφορούμενον καὶ μακρὰ οἰμώζειν λέγοντα ταῖσ ἰατρικαῖσ περιόδοισ· (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 23:3)
  • ὁ δὲ λαγὼσ κοῦφόσ τέ ἐστιν καὶ δασεῖσ ἔχει τοὺσ πόδασ, ὥστε ἀλύπωσ θεῖν ἐν τῷ πάγῳ. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 14 6:2)
  • καὶ αἱ δυσχωρίαι δὲ πρὸσ τοὺ λαγὼ μᾶλλόν τί εἰσιν ἢ τῆσ κυνόσ, οἱᾶ τὰ τραχέα καὶ οἱ φελλεῶνεσ καὶ τὰ σιμὰ καὶ τὰ ἀνώμαλα, ὅτι κοῦφόσ τέ ἐστιν καὶ οἱ πόδεσ αὐτῷ ὑπὸ δασύτητοσ οὐ ῥήγνυνται ἐν τοῖσ τραχέσιν. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 17 4:1)

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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