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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 ἐπί γε τὸ ἱστάναι ἐλθόντεσ, ὡσ ἐγᾦμαι, περὶ τοῦ βαρυτέρου τε καὶ κουφοτέρου διακριθεῖμεν ἄν; (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 33:4)
  • καὶ μὴν αὖ ἡ στατικὴ τοῦ βαρυτέρου τε καὶ κουφοτέρου σταθμοῦ ἐστιν στατική· (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 265:1)
  • ἔστι γάρ τι τάχοσ καὶ τοῦ βραδέοσ καὶ βάροσ τοῦ κουφοτέρου. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 10 15:1)

Synonyms

  1. light

  2. light

  3. empty

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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