κοῦφος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=η, ον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[light]], [[nimble]], Hom. only in neuter plural as adverb, <b class="b3">κοῦφα ποσὶ προβιβάς</b> [[step]]ping [[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 [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|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., <b class="b3">κουφότεραι… ἀπειράτων φρένες</b> [[too]] [[buoyant]], Pi.''O.'' 8.61.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[easy]], [[light]], <b class="b3">τελεῖν… κούφαν κτίσιν</b> to [[make]] [[achievement]] [[easy]], ib.13.83; κ. εἰ δοίης τέλος A.''Th.''260; <b class="b3">κ. νύξ</b> an [[easier]] [[night]], of a sick person, Jul.''Mis.''342a (Comp.); [[περίπατος]] Sor.1.46; τὸ ὅσιον ἅπαν κ. ἔργον ''OGI''383.120 (Nemrud Dagh, i B. C.); of [[government]], [[light]], <b class="b3">κουφοτέραν βασιλείαν</b> [[less]] [[oppressive]], Isoc.9.51; ἡ [[εὔκλεια]] κουφοτέρα [[φέρειν]] [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.2.22; of an [[antagonist]], [[easy-going]], κουφότατος ἦν κρατήσας Id.''Ages.''11.12; [[δεσπότης|δεσπότην]] ἀπράγμονα καὶ κ. ἐξαπατᾷ θεράπων Men.''Per.Fr.''1.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[unsubstantial]], [[airy]], [[vain]], τὸ νέον… κούφας ἀφροσύνας φέρον S.''OC''1230 (lyr.); οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν… κούφην σκιάν Id.''Aj.'' 126; ἐλπίδος τι εἶχον κούφης Th.2.51; κ. καὶ πτηνοὶ λόγοι Pl.''Lg.''717c; <b class="b3">κ. πρᾶγμα</b> a [[trifle]], ib.935a; <b class="b3">κ. γράμματα</b> a [[small]] letter, E.''IT''594; of persons, = [[κουφόνους]], Hdn.5.7.1; <b class="b3">τὸ κοῦφον τοῦ νοῦ</b> [[levity]], Paus.5.21.14, cf. Hdn.7.8.6.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[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 ''IG''14.1942.4; <b class="b3">κούφη σεῖο γαῖ' ὀστέα κεύθοι</b> ib.329 (Himera); <b class="b3">κ. πνεύματα</b> [[light]] [[air]]s, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''558; ὀστᾶ τε καὶ κ. κόνις Men.538.3; τὸ κουφότατον… τῶν κακῶν… πενία Id.''Kith.Fr.''2.<br><span class="bld">b</span> Medic. in various uses, <b class="b3">σικύαι κοῦφαι</b> [[dry]] [[cupping]]s, Philum. ap. Orib.45.29.17, cf. Sor.2.11, etc.; also <b class="b3">κούφου μένοντος τοῦ ἰοῦ</b> [[on the surface]], Philum.''Ven.''7.3; [[μὴν κοῦφος]] = the [[eighth]] [[month]] of [[pregnancy]], Sor.1.56; of food, [[easy to digest]], [[light]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1141b18, etc.<br><span class="bld">c</span> of troops, [[light-armed]], οἱ κ. τῶν στρατιωτῶν ''Hell.Oxy.''6.4; ὡπλισμένοι κουφοτέροις ὅπλοις [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.5.27; κούφη στρατιά Plu.''Fab.''11; τὰ κ. τῆς δυνάμεως Plb.10.25.2.<br><span class="bld">d</span> of ships, [[lightly-laden]], Th.6.37, 8.27.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[light]], [[slight]], ἁμαρτήματα Pl.''Lg.''863c; <b class="b3">κουφότερα γυμνάσια</b>, opp. [[ἀναγκαῖα]], Arist. ''Pol.''1338b40; <b class="b3">κ. ἐργασίαι</b> ib.1321a25.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[empty]], κεράμια ''Gp.''7.24.2, cf. ''PLond.''5.1656.6 (iv A. D.), ''PFlor.''314.8(v. A. D.): hence as [[substantive]], [[κοῦφον]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[κεράμιον]]), τό, [[jar]], in plural, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1631.16 (iii A. D.), ''PFay.'' 133.6 (iv A. D.), ''PStrassb.''1.10 (vi A. D.).<br><span class="bld">7</span> Act., [[relieving]], [[assisting]], χερὶ κούφᾳ Pi.''P.''9.11: prob. to be taken in this sense in Theoc. 11.3.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Adv. [[κούφως]] = [[lightly]], [[nimbly]], κ. ὀροῦσαι A.''Eu.''112; <b class="b3">κ. ἐσκευασμένοι</b>, of [[soldier]]s, Th.4.33; ὡπλισμένοι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.5.26, etc.; [[κούφως ἔχειν]] = to [[be relieved]], Arist.''Pr.''873a16.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[lightly]], [[with light heart]], κουφότερον μετεφώνεε Od.8.201; κ. νοῆσαι Sapph.''Supp.'' 5.14; [[κούφως]] [[φέρειν]], opp. [[δεινῶς]] [[φέρειν]], E.''Med.''449, 1018; ὡς κουφότατα [[φέρειν]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.35; διάγουσα [[κούφως]] = [[do]]ing [[well]], of a [[patient]], Hp.''Epid.''1.26.δ.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[lightly]], [[with ease]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''701.