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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

  • τοιγαροῦν ἀρεῖ σύσσημον ἐν τοῖσ ἔθνεσι τοῖσ μακρὰν καὶ συριεῖ αὐτοὺσ ἀπ̓ ἄκρου τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ ἰδοὺ ταχὺ κούφωσ ἔρχονται. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 5:25)
  • ἐπαινοῦσι δὲ τοῦτο τὸ κῶλον οἱ κριτικοὶ λέγοντεσ σωφρόνωσ αὐτὸ πεφράσθαι καὶ οὐ κούφωσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Libri secundi de antiquis oratoribus reliquiae, chapter 34)
  • ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἔτυχε τότε συρίζων πρὸσ τὸ ποίμνιον, καταπτάμενοσ δὲ ὄπισθεν αὐτοῦ ὁ Ζεὺσ κούφωσ μάλα τοῖσ ὄνυξι περιβαλὼν καὶ τῷ στόματι τὴν ἐπὶ τῇ κεφαλῇ τιάραν ἔχων ἀνέφερε τὸν παῖδα τεταραγμένον καὶ τῷ τραχήλῳ ἀπεστραμμένῳ εἰσ αὐτὸν ἀποβλέποντα. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 6:4)
  • ὅτε, εἰ καὶ παντάπασιν ἠπειρώτησ καὶ ἀπειρόπλουσ τισ εἰή, πάντωσ ἂν ἐθελήσειε καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐμβῆναι καὶ περιπλεῦσαι καὶ πολὺ ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ ἀποσπάσαι, καὶ μάλιστα εἰ βλέποι τὴν μὲν αὔραν κούφωσ ἐπουριάζουσαν τὴν ὀθόνην, τὴν δὲ ναῦν προσηνῶσ τε καὶ λείωσ ἐπ’ ἄκρων ἠρέμα διολισθάνουσαν τῶν κυμάτων. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 12:2)
  • ἤδη δ’ οὖν μοι τοῦ τολμήματοσ ἐκμεμελετημένου τέλειόσ τε καὶ ὑψιπέτησ γενόμενοσ οὐκέτι τὰ νεοττῶν ἐφρόνουν, ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ τὸν Ὄλυμπον ἀναβὰσ καὶ ὡσ ἐνῆν μάλιστα κούφωσ ἐπισιτισάμενοσ τὸ λοιπὸν ἔτεινον εὐθὺ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἰλιγγιῶν ὑπὸ τοῦ βάθουσ, μετὰ δὲ ἔφερον καὶ τοῦτο εὐμαρῶσ. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 11:3)

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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