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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

Examples

  • λόγου δὲ κουφοτάτου πράγματοσ βαρυτάτη ζημία κατὰ τὸν θεῖον Πλάτωνα καὶ παρὰ θεῶν ἕπεται καὶ παρ’ ἀνθρώπων. (Plutarch, De capienda ex inimicis utilitate, chapter, section 8 3:1)
  • "οὗτοι μὲν οὖν κατὰ Πλάτωνα κουφοτάτου πράγματοσ, λόγων, βαρυτάτην ζημίαν ἔτισαν· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 2, 18:6)

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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