Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

Examples

  • πλησίον τε γὰρ αὐταῖσ οὗτόσ ἐστι καὶ κουφότατοσ ἐν τοῖσ μάλιστα· (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., G, section 146)
  • οὕτω κουφότατοσ πέλε Γάιοσ, ὥστ’ ἐκολύμβα τοῦ ποδὸσ ἐκκρεμάσασ ἢ λίθον ἢ μόλιβον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 1001)
  • βάκτρον καὶ πήρη καὶ διπλόον εἷμα σοφοῖο Διογένευσ βιότου φόρτοσ ὁ κουφότατοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 661)
  • πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ βαρύτατοσ μὲν ἀνταγωνιστὴσ ἦν, κουφότατοσ δὲ κρατήσασ· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 11 13:1)
  • καὶ Ιοὐδαῖοι μὲν ἀμελοῦντεσ τοῦ παθεῖν τὸ διαθεῖναι μόνον ἐσκόπουν, ὅ τε θάνατοσ αὐτοῖσ ἐδόκει κουφότατοσ εἰ μετὰ τοῦ κτεῖναί τινα τῶν πολεμίων προσπέσοι· (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 358:1)

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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