κοῦφος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=η, ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[light]], [[nimble]], Hom. only in neut. pl. as Adv., <b class="b3">κοῦφα ποσὶ προβιβάς</b> stepping [[lightly]] on, <span class="bibl">Il.13.158</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>323</span>; κοῦφα βιβῶν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>14.16</span>; κ. ποσὶν ἄγ' ἐς κύκλον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>954</span> (lyr.); also κούφοις ποσί <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.114</span>; κουφοτάταις πτερύγων ἀκμαῖς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1353</span>; πήδημα κ. ἐκ νεὼς ἀφήλατο <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>305</span>; κ. ἐξᾶραι πόδα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>224</span>; κ. ἅλμα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>439</span> (lyr.); κ. αἴρειν βῆμα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>343</span>; οὐ τοῖς κούφοις ὁ δρόμος <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ec.</span>9.11</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">κουφότεραι… ἀπειράτων φρένες</b> <b class="b2">too buoyant</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span> 8.61</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[easy]], [[light]], <b class="b3">τελεῖν… κούφαν κτίσιν</b> to make achievement [[easy]], ib.<span class="bibl">13.83</span>; κ. εἰ δοίης τέλος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>260</span>; <b class="b3">κ. νύξ</b> an [[easier]] night, of a sick person, <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Mis.</span>342a</span> (Comp.); περίπατος <span class="bibl">Sor.1.46</span>; τὸ ὅσιον ἅπαν κ. ἔργον <span class="title">OGI</span>383.120 (Nemrud Dagh, i B. C.); of government, [[light]], <b class="b3">κουφοτέραν βασιλείαν</b> <b class="b2">less oppressive</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.9.51</span>; ἡ εὔκλεια κουφοτέρα φέρειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.2.22</span>; of an antagonist, <b class="b2">easy-going</b>, κουφότατος ἦν κρατήσας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ages.</span>11.12</span>; δεσπότην ἀπράγμονα καὶ κ. ἐξαπατᾷ θεράπων <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Per.Fr.</span>1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">unsubstantial, airy, vain</b>, τὸ νέον… κούφας ἀφροσύνας φέρον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1230</span> (lyr.); οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν… κούφην σκιάν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span> 126</span>; ἐλπίδος τι εἶχον κούφης <span class="bibl">Th.2.51</span>; κ. καὶ πτηνοὶ λόγοι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>717c</span>; <b class="b3">κ. πρᾶγμα</b> <b class="b2">a trifle</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">935a</span>; <b class="b3">κ. γράμματα</b> a [[small]] letter, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>594</span>; of persons, = [[κουφόνους]], <span class="bibl">Hdn.5.7.1</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ κοῦφον τοῦ νοῦ</b> [[levity]], <span class="bibl">Paus.5.21.14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdn.7.8.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[light]] in point of weight, opp. <b class="b3">βαρύς</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phlb.</span>14d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>438c</span> (Comp.), etc.; <b class="b3">κούφα σοι χθὼν ἐπάνωθε πέσοι</b> may earth lie [[lightly]] on thee, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>462</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hel.</span>853</span>; κούφη σοι κόνις ἥδε πέλοι <span class="title">IG</span>14.1942.4; <b class="b3">κούφη σεῖο γαῖ' ὀστέα κεύθοι</b> ib.329 (Himera); <b class="b3">κ. πνεύματα</b> [[light]] airs, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>558</span>; ὀστᾶ τε καὶ κ. κόνις <span class="bibl">Men.538.3</span>; τὸ κουφότατον… τῶν κακῶν… πενία <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Kith.Fr.</span>2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> Medic. in various uses, <b class="b3">σικύαι κοῦφαι</b> [[dry]] cuppings, Philum. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.45.29.17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Sor.2.11</span>, etc.; also <b class="b3">κούφου μένοντος τοῦ ἰοῦ</b> <b class="b2">on the surface</b>, <span class="bibl">Philum.<span class="title">Ven.</span>7.3</span>; <b class="b3">μὴν κ</b>. the eighth month of pregnancy, <span class="bibl">Sor.1.56</span>; of food, <b class="b2">easy to</b> [[digest]], [[light]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1141b18</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> of troops, <b class="b2">light-armed</b>, οἱ κ. τῶν στρατιωτῶν <span class="title">Hell.Oxy.</span>6.4; ὡπλισμένοι κουφοτέροις ὅπλοις <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Mem.</span>3.5.27</span>; κούφη στρατιά <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Fab.</span>11</span>; τὰ κ. τῆς δυνάμεως <span class="bibl">Plb.10.25.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">d</span> of ships, <b class="b2">lightly-laden</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.37</span>, <span class="bibl">8.27</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> [[light]], [[slight]], ἁμαρτήματα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>863c</span>; <b class="b3">κουφότερα γυμνάσια</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἀναγκαῖα</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Pol.</span>1338b40</span>; <b class="b3">κ. ἐργασίαι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1321a25</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> [[empty]], κεράμια <span class="title">Gp.</span>7.24.2, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>5.1656.6</span> (iv A. D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFlor.</span>314.8</span>(v. A. D.): hence as Subst., <b class="b3">κοῦφον</b> (sc. <b class="b3">κεράμιον</b>), τό, [[jar]], in pl., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1631.16</span> (iii A. D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFay.</span> 133.6</span> (iv A. D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PStrassb.</span>1.10</span> (vi A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> Act., [[relieving]], [[assisting]], χερὶ κούφᾳ <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>9.11</span>: prob. to be taken in this sense in <span class="bibl">Theoc. 11.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Adv. -φως [[lightly]], [[nimbly]], κ. ὀροῦσαι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>112</span>; <b class="b3">κ. ἐσκευασμένοι</b>, of soldiers, <span class="bibl">Th.4.33</span>; ὡπλισμένοι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.5.26</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">κ. ἔχειν</b> to be [[relieved]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>873a16</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b2">lightly, with light heart</b>, κουφότερον μετεφώνεε <span class="bibl">Od.8.201</span>; κ. νοῆσαι <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span> 5.14</span>; <b class="b3">κ. φέρειν</b>, opp. <b class="b3">δεινῶς φ</b>., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>449</span>, <span class="bibl">1018</span>; ὡς κουφότατα φέρειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.35</span>; <b class="b3">διάγουσα κούφως</b> doing [[well]], of a patient, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>1.26</span>.<b class="b3">δ</b>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">lightly, with ease</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>701</span>.</span>