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|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">light, not heavy, easily movable, nimbly, vain, empty</b> (Ν 158 and θ 201: <b class="b3">κοῦφα</b> resp. <b class="b3">κουφότερον</b> as adv.); on the meaning Treu Von Homer zur Lyrik 76 etc. (s. index).<br />Compounds: Few compp., e. g. <b class="b3">κουφό-νοος</b> `<b class="b2">with a nimble mind</b> (trag.), <b class="b3">ὑπό-κουφος</b> <b class="b2">rather light</b> (Dsc., Plu.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κουφοτής</b> f. `[[lightness]] (Hp., Pl.; accent after <b class="b3">βαρυτής</b>, Wackernagel Gött. Nachr. 1909, 59 = Kl. Schr. 2, 1117, Schwyzer 382); <b class="b3">κουφεῖαι</b> pl. prob. `<b class="b2">vase-sherds, debris</b>? (PTeb. 5, 199; IIa; <b class="b3">κοῦφον</b> [<b class="b3">κεράμιον</b>] also <b class="b2">[empty] vessel')</b>; NGr. (<b class="b3">ἀγριο-)κουφίτης</b> m. plant-name, `[[Erdrauch]], [[Fumaria]] (Redard Les noms grecs en <b class="b3">-της</b> 68 u. 73). Denomin. <b class="b3">κουφίζω</b> `[[lighten]], [[raise]], [[cancel]] (Hp., Att.), rarely intr. `<b class="b2">be light</b> (Hes. Op. 463, Hp., trag.), with <b class="b3">κούφισις</b> (Th.), <b class="b3">-ισμα</b> (E.), <b class="b3">-ισμός</b> (hell.) [[lightening]]; <b class="b3">κουφιστήρ</b> `<b class="b2">ring-pad</b> (to lighten the pressure; medic.); <b class="b3">κουφιστικός</b> `[[lightening]]' (Arist.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Isolated, but still prob. inherited(?). Worthless speculations in Osthoff MU 6, 17f. and those noted in Bq. The full grade of the stem and the barytonesis are remarkable in the case of an adj. (Schwyzer 459); prop. adjectiv. subst.? - Through <b class="b3">κοῦφος</b> the old forms <b class="b3">ἐλαχύς</b>, <b class="b3">ἐλαφρός</b> were partly replaced resp. pushed back, which was not unimportant for these words. | |etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">light, not heavy, easily movable, nimbly, vain, empty</b> (Ν 158 and θ 201: <b class="b3">κοῦφα</b> resp. <b class="b3">κουφότερον</b> as adv.); on the meaning Treu Von Homer zur Lyrik 76 etc. (s. index).<br />Compounds: Few compp., e. g. <b class="b3">κουφό-νοος</b> `<b class="b2">with a nimble mind</b> (trag.), <b class="b3">ὑπό-κουφος</b> <b class="b2">rather light</b> (Dsc., Plu.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κουφοτής</b> f. `[[lightness]] (Hp., Pl.; accent after <b class="b3">βαρυτής</b>, Wackernagel Gött. Nachr. 1909, 59 = Kl. Schr. 2, 1117, Schwyzer 382); <b class="b3">κουφεῖαι</b> pl. prob. `<b class="b2">vase-sherds, debris</b>? (PTeb. 5, 199; IIa; <b class="b3">κοῦφον</b> [<b class="b3">κεράμιον</b>] also <b class="b2">[empty] vessel')</b>; NGr. (<b class="b3">ἀγριο-)κουφίτης</b> m. plant-name, `[[Erdrauch]], [[Fumaria]] (Redard Les noms grecs en <b class="b3">-της</b> 68 u. 73). Denomin. <b class="b3">κουφίζω</b> `[[lighten]], [[raise]], [[cancel]] (Hp., Att.), rarely intr. `<b class="b2">be light</b> (Hes. Op. 463, Hp., trag.), with <b class="b3">κούφισις</b> (Th.), <b class="b3">-ισμα</b> (E.), <b class="b3">-ισμός</b> (hell.) [[lightening]]; <b class="b3">κουφιστήρ</b> `<b class="b2">ring-pad</b> (to lighten the pressure; medic.); <b class="b3">κουφιστικός</b> `[[lightening]]' (Arist.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Isolated, but still prob. inherited(?). Worthless speculations in Osthoff MU 6, 17f. and those noted in Bq. The full grade of the stem and the barytonesis are remarkable in the case of an adj. (Schwyzer 459); prop. adjectiv. subst.? - Through <b class="b3">κοῦφος</b> the old forms <b class="b3">ἐλαχύς</b>, <b class="b3">ἐλαφρός</b> were partly replaced resp. pushed back, which was not unimportant for these words. | ||
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|mdlsjtxt=![[κοῦφος]], η, ον<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[light]], [[nimble]], Trag.; used by Hom. only in neut. pl. as. adv. κοῦφα [[προβιβάς]] stepping [[lightly]] on, Il.:—metaph., κουφότεραι φρένες too [[buoyant]], Pind.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> metaph. also [[light]], [[easy]], Aesch., Xen.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[empty]], [[unsubstantial]], [[vain]], Soph., Thuc.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> [[light]] in [[point]] of [[weight]], opp. to [[βαρύς]], Plat., etc.; κούφα σοι χθὼν [[ἐπάνωθε]] πέσοι may [[earth]] lie [[lightly]] on thee, sit [[tibi]] [[terra]] [[levis]], Eur.; of soldiers, ὡπλισμένοι κουφοτέροις ὅπλοις Xen.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> adv. -φως, [[lightly]], [[nimbly]], Aesch.; κ. ἐσκευασμένοι, of soldiers, Thuc., Xen.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> metaph. [[lightly]], with [[light]] [[heart]], κουφότερόν μετεφώνεε Od.; [[κούφως]] φέρειν to [[bear]] [[lightly]], Eur.; ὡς κουφότατα φέρειν Hdt.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[lightly]], with [[ease]], Aesch. | |||
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