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|Definition=η, ον, <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">light, nimble</b>, Hom. only in neut. pl. as Adv., <b class="b3">κοῦφα ποσὶ προβιβάς</b> stepping <b class="b2">lightly</b> 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"> <span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b2">easy, light</b>, <b class="b3">τελεῖν . . κούφαν κτίσιν</b> to make achievement <b class="b2">easy</b>, 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 <b class="b2">easier</b> 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, <b class="b2">light</b>, <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"> <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 <b class="b2">small</b> 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> <b class="b2">levity</b>, <span class="bibl">Paus.5.21.14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdn.7.8.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">light</b> 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 <b class="b2">lightly</b> 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> <b class="b2">light</b> 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"> <span class="bld">b</span> Medic. in various uses, <b class="b3">σικύαι κοῦφαι</b> <b class="b2">dry</b> 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> <b class="b2">digest, light</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1141b18</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"> <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"> <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"> <span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">light, slight</b>, 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"> <span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b2">empty</b>, 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, <b class="b2">jar</b>, 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"> <span class="bld">7</span> Act., <b class="b2">relieving, assisting</b>, 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"> <span class="bld">II</span> Adv. -φως <b class="b2">lightly, nimbly</b>, 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 <b class="b2">relieved</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>873a16</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <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 <b class="b2">well</b>, of a patient, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>1.26</span>.<b class="b3">δ</b>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">lightly, with ease</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>701</span>.</span> | |Definition=η, ον, <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">light, nimble</b>, Hom. only in neut. pl. as Adv., <b class="b3">κοῦφα ποσὶ προβιβάς</b> stepping <b class="b2">lightly</b> 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"> <span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b2">easy, light</b>, <b class="b3">τελεῖν . . κούφαν κτίσιν</b> to make achievement <b class="b2">easy</b>, 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 <b class="b2">easier</b> 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, <b class="b2">light</b>, <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"> <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 <b class="b2">small</b> 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> <b class="b2">levity</b>, <span class="bibl">Paus.5.21.14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdn.7.8.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">light</b> 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 <b class="b2">lightly</b> 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> <b class="b2">light</b> 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"> <span class="bld">b</span> Medic. in various uses, <b class="b3">σικύαι κοῦφαι</b> <b class="b2">dry</b> 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> <b class="b2">digest, light</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1141b18</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"> <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"> <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"> <span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">light, slight</b>, 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"> <span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b2">empty</b>, 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, <b class="b2">jar</b>, 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"> <span class="bld">7</span> Act., <b class="b2">relieving, assisting</b>, 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"> <span class="bld">II</span> Adv. -φως <b class="b2">lightly, nimbly</b>, 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 <b class="b2">relieved</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>873a16</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <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 <b class="b2">well</b>, of a patient, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>1.26</span>.<b class="b3">δ</b>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">lightly, with ease</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>701</span>.</span> | ||
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|lstext='''κοῦφος''': -η, -ον, [[ἐλαφρός]], [[εὐκίνητος]], ἐν χρήσει παρ’ Ὁμ. μόνον κατ’ οὐδ. πληθ. ὡς Ἐπίρρ., κοῦφα ποσὶ [[προβιβάς]], προβαίνων ἐλαφρῶς, Ἰλ. Ν. 158, πρβλ. Ἡσιόδ. Ἀσπ. Ἡρ. 323· οὕτω, κοῦφα βιβῶν Πινδ. Ο. 14. 25· χωρεῖν κ. ποσὶν Ἀριστοφ. Θεσμ. 954· οὕτω καὶ κούφοις ποσὶ Πινδ. Ο. 13. 164, πρβλ. Ἀριστοφ. Βατρ. 1353· [[πήδημα]] κ. ἐκ νεὼς ἀφήλατο Αἰσχύλ. Πέρσ. 305· κ. ἐξᾶραι [[πόδα]] Σοφ. Ἀντ. 224· κ. ἅλμα, βῆμα, Εὐρ. Ἠλ. 439· κ. αἴρειν βῆμα ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Τρῳ. 342· πρβλ. [[κουφίζω]] ΙΙ. 1· ― μεταφ. κουφότεραι... ἀπειράτων φρένες, παραπολὺ ἐλαφραί, Πινδ. Ο. 8. 80. 2) μεταφ., [[εὔκολος]], τελεῖν... κούφαν κτίσιν ὁ αὐτ. 13. 117· κοῦφον εἰ δοίης [[τέλος]] Αἰσχύλ. Θήβ. 260· [[οὕτως]] ἐπὶ κυβερνήσεως, [[εὔκολος]], ἐλαφρά, Ἰσοκρ. 199Β· ἡ [[εὔκλεια]] κουφοτέρα φέρειν Ξεν. Κύρ. 8. 2, 22· ἐπὶ κυβερνήτου ἢ διοικητοῦ, [[εὔκολος]], οὐχὶ [[δύστροπος]], κουφότατος ἦν ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἀγησ. 11, 12· δεσπότην ἀπράγμονα καὶ κ. ἐξαπατᾷ [[θεράπων]] Μένανδρ. ἐν «Περινθίᾳ» 1. 3) [[κενός]], [[μάταιος]], [[φαντασιώδης]], [[ἀνύπαρκτος]], τὸ νέον... κούφας ἀφροσύνας φέρον Σοφ. Ο. Κ. 1230 (Λυρ.)· οὐδὲν [[ἄλλο]] [[πλήν]]... κούφην σκιὰν ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Αἴ. 126· ἐλπίδος τι εἶχον κούφης Θουκ. 2. 51· κοῦφοι καὶ πτηνοὶ λόγοι Πλάτ. Νόμ. 717C· κ. [[πρᾶγμα]], μηδαμινόν, «τιποτένιο», ὁ αὐτ. 935Α˙ κ. γράμματα, μικρὰ [[ἐπιστολή]], Εὐρ. Ι. Τ. 594· ― ἐπὶ προσώπων, ??? κουφόνους, Ἡρῳδ. 5. 7· τὸ κοῦφον, [[κουφότης]], [[ἐλαφρότης]], Παυσ. 5. 21, 14, Ἡρῳδ. 7. 8. 4) παρ’ Ἀττ. κατὰ τὸ πλεῖστον ἐλαφρὸς (ὡς πρὸς τὸ βάρος), ἀντίθετ. τῷ [[βαρύς]], Πλάτ. κτλ., κούφα σοι χθὼν ἐπάνωθε πέσοι, [[εἴθε]] ἡ γῆ νὰ πέσῃ ἐλαφρὰ ἐπὶ σέ, «γαῖαν ἔχοις ἐλαφράν», sit tibi terra levis, Εὐρ. Ἄλκ. 462, πρβλ. Ἑλ. 853· κούφη σοι [[κόνις]] ἥδε πέλοι Ἑλλ. Ἐπιγράμμ. 551, 4· κούφοις πνεύμασιν βόσκου, ἐλαφραῖς πνοαῖς ἀνέμων, Σοφ. Αἴ 558· ὀστᾶ τε καὶ κ. [[κόνις]] Μένανδρ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 9· τὸ κουφότατον... τῶν κακῶν... [[πενία]] ὁ αὐτ. ἐν «Κιθαρ.» 2· ― ἐπὶ τροφῆς, [[εὔπεπτος]], ἐλαφρά, Ἀριστ. Ἠθικ. Ν. 6. 7, 7, κτλ.· ― [[συχν]]. ἐπὶ στρατιωτῶν, ὡπλισμένοι κουφοτέροις ὅπλοις Ξεν. Ἀπομν. 3. 5, 27· κούφη [[στρατιά]], ἐλαφρῶς ὡπλισμένον [[στράτευμα]], Πλουτ. Φάβ. 11· τὰ κ. τῆς δυνάμεως Πολύβ. 10. 23, 2· ἴδε κατωτ. ΙΙ. 5) [[ἐλαφρός]], [[ὀλίγος]], [[μικρός]], ἁμαρτήματα Πλάτ. Νόμ. 863C· κουφότερα γυμνάσια, ἀντίθετ. τῷ ἀναγκαῖα, Ἀριστ. Πολιτικ. 8. 4, 7, πρβλ. 6. 7, 3. 6) ἐνεργ., ἀνακουφίζων, βοηθῶν, χερὶ κούφᾳ Πινδ. Π. 9. 18. ΙΙ. Ἐπίρρ. κούφως, εὐκόλως, ἐλαφρῶς, εὐκινήτως, κ. ὀρούειν Αἰσχύλ. Εὐμ. 112· κ. ἐσκευασμένοι, ἐπὶ στρατιωτῶν, Θουκ. 4. 33· ὡπλισμένοι Ξεν. Ἀπομν. 3. 5, 26, κτλ.· κούφως ἔχω, [[αἰσθάνομαι]] ἐμαυτὸν ἐλαφρόν, Ἀριστ. Προβλ. 3. 15. 2) μεταφ., ἐλαφρῶς, μετ’ ἐλαφρᾶς καρδίας, κουφότερον μετεφώνεε Ὀδ. Θ. 201· κούφως φέρειν, ἀντίθετ. τῷ δεινῶς φ., Εὐρ. Μήδ. 449, 1018· ὡς κουφότατα φέρειν Ἡρόδ. 1. 35. 3) εὐκόλως, ἐλαφρῶς, μετ’ εὐκολίας, Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 701. | |||
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English (LSJ)
η, ον,
A light, nimble, Hom. only in neut. pl. as Adv., κοῦφα ποσὶ προβιβάς stepping lightly on, Il.13.158, cf. Hes.Sc.323; κοῦφα βιβῶν Pi.O.14.16; κ. ποσὶν ἄγ' ἐς κύκλον Ar.Th.954 (lyr.); also κούφοις ποσί Pi.O.13.114; κουφοτάταις πτερύγων ἀκμαῖς Ar.Ra.1353; πήδημα κ. ἐκ νεὼς ἀφήλατο A.Pers.305; κ. ἐξᾶραι πόδα S.Ant.224; κ. ἅλμα E.El.439 (lyr.); κ. αἴρειν βῆμα Id.Tr.343; οὐ τοῖς κούφοις ὁ δρόμος LXX Ec.9.11: metaph., κουφότεραι . . ἀπειράτων φρένες too buoyant, Pi.O. 8.61. 2 metaph., easy, light, τελεῖν . . κούφαν κτίσιν to make achievement easy, ib.13.83; κ. εἰ δοίης τέλος A.Th.260; κ. νύξ an easier night, of a sick person, Jul.Mis.342a (Comp.); περίπατος Sor.1.46; τὸ ὅσιον ἅπαν κ. ἔργον OGI383.120 (Nemrud Dagh, i B. C.); of government, light, κουφοτέραν βασιλείαν less oppressive, Isoc.9.51; ἡ εὔκλεια κουφοτέρα φέρειν X.Cyr.8.2.22; of an antagonist, easy-going, κουφότατος ἦν κρατήσας Id.Ages.11.12; δεσπότην ἀπράγμονα καὶ κ. ἐξαπατᾷ θεράπων Men.Per.Fr.1. 3 unsubstantial, airy, vain, τὸ νέον . . κούφας ἀφροσύνας φέρον S.OC1230 (lyr.); οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν . . κούφην σκιάν Id.Aj. 126; ἐλπίδος τι εἶχον κούφης Th.2.51; κ. καὶ πτηνοὶ λόγοι Pl.Lg.717c; κ. πρᾶγμα a trifle, ib.935a; κ. γράμματα a small letter, E.IT594; of persons, = κουφόνους, Hdn.5.7.1; τὸ κοῦφον τοῦ νοῦ levity, Paus.5.21.14, cf. Hdn.7.8.6. 4 light in point of weight, opp. βαρύς, Pl. Phlb.14d, R.438c (Comp.), etc.; κούφα σοι χθὼν ἐπάνωθε πέσοι may earth lie lightly on thee, E.Alc.462 (lyr.), cf. Hel.853; κούφη σοι κόνις ἥδε πέλοι IG14.1942.4; κούφη σεῖο γαῖ' ὀστέα κεύθοι ib.329 (Himera); κ. πνεύματα light airs, S.Aj.558; ὀστᾶ τε καὶ κ. κόνις Men.538.3; τὸ κουφότατον . . τῶν κακῶν . . πενία Id.Kith.Fr.2. b Medic. in various uses, σικύαι κοῦφαι dry cuppings, Philum. ap. Orib.45.29.17, cf. Sor.2.11, etc.; also κούφου μένοντος τοῦ ἰοῦ on the surface, Philum.Ven.7.3; μὴν κ. the eighth month of pregnancy, Sor.1.56; of food, easy to digest, light, Arist.EN1141b18, etc. c of troops, light-armed, οἱ κ. τῶν στρατιωτῶν Hell.Oxy.6.4; ὡπλισμένοι κουφοτέροις ὅπλοις X. Mem.3.5.27; κούφη στρατιά Plu.Fab.11; τὰ κ. τῆς δυνάμεως Plb.10.25.2. d of ships, lightly-laden, Th.6.37, 8.27. 5 light, slight, ἁμαρτήματα Pl.Lg.863c; κουφότερα γυμνάσια, opp. ἀναγκαῖα, Arist. Pol.1338b40; κ. ἐργασίαι ib.1321a25. 6 empty, κεράμια Gp.7.24.2, cf. PLond.5.1656.6 (iv A. D.), PFlor.314.8(v. A. D.): hence as Subst., κοῦφον (sc. κεράμιον), τό, jar, in pl., POxy.1631.16 (iii A. D.), PFay. 133.6 (iv A. D.), PStrassb.1.10 (vi A. D.). 7 Act., relieving, assisting, χερὶ κούφᾳ Pi.P.9.11: prob. to be taken in this sense in Theoc. 11.3. II Adv. -φως lightly, nimbly, κ. ὀροῦσαι A.Eu.112; κ. ἐσκευασμένοι, of soldiers, Th.4.33; ὡπλισμένοι X.Mem.3.5.26, etc.; κ. ἔχειν to be relieved, Arist.Pr.873a16. 2 metaph., lightly, with light heart, κουφότερον μετεφώνεε Od.8.201; κ. νοῆσαι Sapph.Supp. 5.14; κ. φέρειν, opp. δεινῶς φ., E.Med.449, 1018; ὡς κουφότατα φέρειν Hdt.1.35; διάγουσα κούφως doing well, of a patient, Hp.Epid.1.26.δ. 3 lightly, with ease, A.Pr.701.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κοῦφος: -η, -ον, ἐλαφρός, εὐκίνητος, ἐν χρήσει παρ’ Ὁμ. μόνον κατ’ οὐδ. πληθ. ὡς Ἐπίρρ., κοῦφα ποσὶ προβιβάς, προβαίνων ἐλαφρῶς, Ἰλ. Ν. 158, πρβλ. Ἡσιόδ. Ἀσπ. Ἡρ. 323· οὕτω, κοῦφα βιβῶν Πινδ. Ο. 14. 25· χωρεῖν κ. ποσὶν Ἀριστοφ. Θεσμ. 954· οὕτω καὶ κούφοις ποσὶ Πινδ. Ο. 13. 164, πρβλ. Ἀριστοφ. Βατρ. 1353· πήδημα κ. ἐκ νεὼς ἀφήλατο Αἰσχύλ. Πέρσ. 305· κ. ἐξᾶραι πόδα Σοφ. Ἀντ. 224· κ. ἅλμα, βῆμα, Εὐρ. Ἠλ. 439· κ. αἴρειν βῆμα ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Τρῳ. 342· πρβλ. κουφίζω ΙΙ. 1· ― μεταφ. κουφότεραι... ἀπειράτων φρένες, παραπολὺ ἐλαφραί, Πινδ. Ο. 8. 80. 2) μεταφ., εὔκολος, τελεῖν... κούφαν κτίσιν ὁ αὐτ. 13. 117· κοῦφον εἰ δοίης τέλος Αἰσχύλ. Θήβ. 260· οὕτως ἐπὶ κυβερνήσεως, εὔκολος, ἐλαφρά, Ἰσοκρ. 199Β· ἡ εὔκλεια κουφοτέρα φέρειν Ξεν. Κύρ. 8. 2, 22· ἐπὶ κυβερνήτου ἢ διοικητοῦ, εὔκολος, οὐχὶ δύστροπος, κουφότατος ἦν ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἀγησ. 11, 12· δεσπότην ἀπράγμονα καὶ κ. ἐξαπατᾷ θεράπων Μένανδρ. ἐν «Περινθίᾳ» 1. 3) κενός, μάταιος, φαντασιώδης, ἀνύπαρκτος, τὸ νέον... κούφας ἀφροσύνας φέρον Σοφ. Ο. Κ. 1230 (Λυρ.)· οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλήν... κούφην σκιὰν ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Αἴ. 126· ἐλπίδος τι εἶχον κούφης Θουκ. 2. 51· κοῦφοι καὶ πτηνοὶ λόγοι Πλάτ. Νόμ. 717C· κ. πρᾶγμα, μηδαμινόν, «τιποτένιο», ὁ αὐτ. 935Α˙ κ. γράμματα, μικρὰ ἐπιστολή, Εὐρ. Ι. Τ. 594· ― ἐπὶ προσώπων, ??? κουφόνους, Ἡρῳδ. 5. 7· τὸ κοῦφον, κουφότης, ἐλαφρότης, Παυσ. 5. 21, 14, Ἡρῳδ. 7. 8. 4) παρ’ Ἀττ. κατὰ τὸ πλεῖστον ἐλαφρὸς (ὡς πρὸς τὸ βάρος), ἀντίθετ. τῷ βαρύς, Πλάτ. κτλ., κούφα σοι χθὼν ἐπάνωθε πέσοι, εἴθε ἡ γῆ νὰ πέσῃ ἐλαφρὰ ἐπὶ σέ, «γαῖαν ἔχοις ἐλαφράν», sit tibi terra levis, Εὐρ. Ἄλκ. 462, πρβλ. Ἑλ. 853· κούφη σοι κόνις ἥδε πέλοι Ἑλλ. Ἐπιγράμμ. 551, 4· κούφοις πνεύμασιν βόσκου, ἐλαφραῖς πνοαῖς ἀνέμων, Σοφ. Αἴ 558· ὀστᾶ τε καὶ κ. κόνις Μένανδρ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 9· τὸ κουφότατον... τῶν κακῶν... πενία ὁ αὐτ. ἐν «Κιθαρ.» 2· ― ἐπὶ τροφῆς, εὔπεπτος, ἐλαφρά, Ἀριστ. Ἠθικ. Ν. 6. 7, 7, κτλ.· ― συχν. ἐπὶ στρατιωτῶν, ὡπλισμένοι κουφοτέροις ὅπλοις Ξεν. Ἀπομν. 3. 5, 27· κούφη στρατιά, ἐλαφρῶς ὡπλισμένον στράτευμα, Πλουτ. Φάβ. 11· τὰ κ. τῆς δυνάμεως Πολύβ. 10. 23, 2· ἴδε κατωτ. ΙΙ. 5) ἐλαφρός, ὀλίγος, μικρός, ἁμαρτήματα Πλάτ. Νόμ. 863C· κουφότερα γυμνάσια, ἀντίθετ. τῷ ἀναγκαῖα, Ἀριστ. Πολιτικ. 8. 4, 7, πρβλ. 6. 7, 3. 6) ἐνεργ., ἀνακουφίζων, βοηθῶν, χερὶ κούφᾳ Πινδ. Π. 9. 18. ΙΙ. Ἐπίρρ. κούφως, εὐκόλως, ἐλαφρῶς, εὐκινήτως, κ. ὀρούειν Αἰσχύλ. Εὐμ. 112· κ. ἐσκευασμένοι, ἐπὶ στρατιωτῶν, Θουκ. 4. 33· ὡπλισμένοι Ξεν. Ἀπομν. 3. 5, 26, κτλ.· κούφως ἔχω, αἰσθάνομαι ἐμαυτὸν ἐλαφρόν, Ἀριστ. Προβλ. 3. 15. 2) μεταφ., ἐλαφρῶς, μετ’ ἐλαφρᾶς καρδίας, κουφότερον μετεφώνεε Ὀδ. Θ. 201· κούφως φέρειν, ἀντίθετ. τῷ δεινῶς φ., Εὐρ. Μήδ. 449, 1018· ὡς κουφότατα φέρειν Ἡρόδ. 1. 35. 3) εὐκόλως, ἐλαφρῶς, μετ’ εὐκολίας, Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 701.
