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

  • "ὁ δὲ Στατανὸσ τῶν πρώτων ἐστὶν οἴνων, ἐμφερὴσ τῷ Φαλερίνῳ, κουφότεροσ, οὐ πληκτικόσ, ὁ Τιβουρτῖνοσ λεπτόσ, εὐδιάπνευστοσ, ἀκμάζων ἀπὸ ἐτῶν δέκα· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 4813)
  • "πάντων δὲ τούτων ὁ Σαβῖνοσ κουφότεροσ, ἀπὸ ἐτῶν ἑπτὰ ἐπιτήδειοσ πίνεσθαι μέχρι πεντεκαίδεκα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 4829)
  • σημεῖον δ’ ὅτι καὶ ὁ κρύσταλλοσ αὐτὸσ κουφότεροσ τοῦ ἄλλου ὕδατοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 16 3:4)
  • ἅμα δὲ τῷ κουφότεροσ γενέσθαι πάνυ ῥᾳδίωσ ἐξελάσασ αὐτὸν ἐποιήσατό τινασ ὁμολογίασ, οὐ βουλόμενοσ ἐμποδὼν ὄντι συνεχῶσ προσπταίων καὶ τοπομαχῶν ἧττον εἶναι πρὸσ οἷσ διενοεῖτο. (Plutarch, Demetrius, chapter 43 1:2)
  • καὶ ἦν βαρύσ, ἡνίκα μή τι ἤθελεν εἰ δὲ θέλοι, κουφότεροσ πετάλων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 2632)

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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