ἐλαφρός

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θνῄσκει δὲ πίστις, βλαστάνει δ' ἀπιστίαloyalty dies and disloyalty is born

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Transliteration A: elaphrós Transliteration B: elaphros Transliteration C: elafros Beta Code: e)lafro/s

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ά, όν, and in Pi.N.5.20 ός, όν: (v. ἐλαχύς);—

   A light in weight, τόν οἱ ἐ. ἔθηκε (sc. λᾶαν) Il.12.450; ξύλου ἐλαφρότερα Hdt.3.23; πῦρ Parm.8.57; opp. βαρύς, Pl.Ti.63c, etc.; in Epitaphs, γαῖαν ἔχοις ἐλαφράν 'sit tibi terra levis', Epigr.Gr.195 (Vaxos), cf. Sammelb. 315. Adv., τά (sc. δένδρεα) οἱ πλώοιεν ἐλαφρῶς Od.5.240.    2 light to bear, easy, καί κεν ἐλαφρότερος πόλεμος Τρώεσσι γένοιτο Il.22.287; συμφ ορὰν ἐλαφροτέραν καταστῆσαι Antipho 3.3.12; πόνος -ότερος ἑαυτοῦ συνηθείῃ γίνεται Democr.241: later, Comp. ἐλαφρώτερον ἄλγος Max.173; ἐλαφρόν [ἐστι] 'tis light, easy, Pi.N.7.77, A.Pr.265, etc.; easy to understand, [προβλήματα] ἐ. καὶ πιθανά Plu.2.133e, cf. D.Chr. 18.11; ἐν ἐλαφρῷ ποιήσασθαί τι to make light of a thing, Hdt.3.154; οὐκ ἐν ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι Id.1.118; οὐκ ἐν ἐ. no light matter, Theoc.22.212. Adv. -ρῶς, φέρειν ζυγόν to bear it lightly, Pi.P.2.93.    3 light of digestion, Plu.2.137a.    4 shallow, διάπλους Peripl.M.Rubr.55; δῖναι ib.40.    5 Act., ease-giving, B.Fr.8, Theoc.2.92.    II light in moving, nimble, γυῖα δ' ἔθηκεν ἐ. Il.5.122; ἦ μάλ' ἐ. ἀνήρ 16.745; ἐλαφρότατος ποσσί 23.749; χεῖρες . . ἐπαΐσσονται ἐ. ib.628; κίρκος . . ἐλαφρότατος πετεηνῶν 22.139, Od.13.87; [ἵπποι] ἐλαφρότατοι θείειν 3.370; ἐλαφραῖς πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς A.Pr.125 (anap.); ἐ. ποδί ib.281 (anap.); γονάτων ἐλαφρὸν ὁρμάν Pi.N.5.20; ἐ. ποδῶν ἴχνι' ἀειράμεναι Call.Fr.anon.391; ἐλαφρὰ ἡλικία the age of active youth, X.Mem.3.5.27; ἐλαφροί, οἱ, light troops, Id.An.4.2.27 (restricted to cavalry who fight at close quarters, Ascl.Tact.1.3): metaph., πόλιας θῆκεν ἐλαφροτέρας made them easier in condition, Epigr.Gr.905 (Gortyn). Adv. -ρῶς nimbly, Ar.Ach.217; ὀρχεῖσθαι πυρρίχην X.An.6.1.12.    III metaph., light-minded, unsteady, fickle, πᾶν πλῆθός ἐστιν ἐ. Plb.6.56.11; ἐ. λύσσα light-headed madness, E.Ba.851.    b gentle, mild, σφᾶς αὐτοὺς -οτάτους τοῖς συνοῦσι παρέχοντας Isoc.12.31, cf. Pl.Ep.360c.    2 small, ποταμός Plb.16.17.7; of small power or strength, πόλεις Id.5.62.6.    3 relieved of a burden, ψυχὴ ἐ. καὶ δι' αὑτῆς Plot.4.3.32.    IV Ἐλαφρός· Ζεὺς ἐν Κρήτῃ, Hsch.