κοῦφος: Difference between revisions

|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.