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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

  • διφθέρασ ἃσ εἶχον στεγάσματα ἐπίμπλασαν χόρτου κούφου, εἶτα συνῆγον καὶ συνέσπων, ὡσ μὴ ἅπτεσθαι τῆσ κάρφησ τὸ ὕδωρ· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 5 10:3)
  • ἐκ γὰρ τοῦ κατεύχεσθαί τε ἀλλήλοισ ἐπαρωμένουσ καὶ δι’ αἰσχρῶν ὀνομάτων ἐπιφέρειν γυναικείουσ ἑαυτοῖσ φήμασ, πρῶτον μὲν ἐκ λόγων, κούφου πράγματοσ, ἔργῳ μίση τε καὶ ἔχθραι βαρύταται γίγνονται· (Plato, Laws, book 11 145:3)
  • οὐκοῦν, ἦν δ’ ἐγώ, ἀναγκαῖον ἔν γε τοῖσ τοιούτοισ αὖ τὴν ψυχὴν ἀπορεῖν τί ποτε σημαίνει αὕτη ἡ αἴσθησισ τὸ σκληρόν, εἴπερ τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ μαλακὸν λέγει, καὶ ἡ τοῦ κούφου καὶ ἡ τοῦ βαρέοσ, τί τὸ κοῦφον καὶ βαρύ, εἰ τό τε βαρὺ κοῦφον καὶ τὸ κοῦφον βαρὺ σημαίνει; (Plato, Republic, book 7 187:1)
  • Περὶ κούφου καὶ βαρέοσ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. g'. STRATWN 2:27)

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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