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|Definition=ἐλαφρά, ἐλαφρόν, and in Pi.''N.''5.20 ός, όν: (v. [[ἐλαχύς]]);—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[light in weight]], <b class="b3">τόν οἱ ἐ. ἔθηκε</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[λᾶαν]]) Il.12.450; ξύλου ἐλαφρότερα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.23; πῦρ Parm.8.57; opp. [[βαρύς]], Pl.''Ti.''63c, etc.; in Epitaphs, [[γαῖαν ἔχοις ἐλαφράν]] = [[may the earth rest lightly on you]], [[may the ground be light to you]], [[may the earth be light to you]], Latin: [[sit tibi terra levis]], Epigr.Gr.195 (Vaxos), cf. ''Sammelb.'' 315. Adv., τά (''[[sc.]]'' [[δένδρεα]]) οἱ πλώοιεν [[ἐλαφρῶς]] Od.5.240.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[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] ἐλαφρὰ καὶ πιθανά Plu.2.133e, cf. D.Chr. 18.11; [[ἐν ἐλαφρῷ ποιήσασθαί τι]] to [[make light of a thing]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.154; οὐκ ἐν ἐλαφρῷ ποιεῖσθαι Id.1.118; [[οὐκ ἐν ἐλαφρῷ]] = [[no light matter]], Theoc.22.212. Adv. [[ἐλαφρῶς]], φέρειν ζυγόν to [[bear]] it [[lightly]], Pi.''P.''2.93.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[light of digestion]], Plu.2.137a.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[shallow]], [[διάπλους]] ''Peripl.M.Rubr.''55; [[δῖναι]] ib.40.<br><span class="bld">5</span> Act., [[ease-giving]], B.''Fr.''8, Theoc.2.92.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[light in moving]], [[nimble]], <b class="b3">γυῖα δ' ἔθηκεν ἐ.</b> Il.5.122; ἦ μάλ' ἐ. ἀνήρ 16.745; ἐλαφρότατος ποσσί 23.749; <b class="b3">χεῖρες.. ἐπαΐσσονται ἐ.</b> ib.628; [[κίρκος]].. ἐλαφρότατος πετεηνῶν 22.139, Od.13.87; [ἵπποι] ἐλαφρότατοι θείειν 3.370; ἐλαφραῖς πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς A.''Pr.''125 (anap.); <b class="b3">ἐ. ποδί</b> 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]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|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., <b class="b3">πόλιας θῆκεν ἐλαφροτέρας</b> made them [[easier in condition]], Epigr.Gr.905 (Gortyn). Adv. [[ἐλαφρῶς]] = [[nimbly]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''217; ὀρχεῖσθαι πυρρίχην X.''An.''6.1.12.<br><span class="bld">III</span> metaph., [[light-minded]], [[unsteady]], [[fickle]], <b class="b3">πᾶν πλῆθός ἐστιν ἐ.</b> Plb.6.56.11; ἐλαφρὰ [[λύσσα]] = [[light-headed]] [[madness]], E.''Ba.''851.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[gentle]], [[mild]], σφᾶς αὐτοὺς ἐλαφροτάτους τοῖς συνοῦσι παρέχοντας Isoc.12.31, cf. Pl.''Ep.''360c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[small]], ποταμός Plb.16.17.7; [[of small power]] or [[of small strength]], πόλεις Id.5.62.6.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[relieved]] of a [[burden]], ψυχὴ ἐ. καὶ δι' αὑτῆς Plot.4.3.32.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[Ἐλαφρός]]· Ζεὺς ἐν Κρήτῃ, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]