ἐλαφρ-ός, ά, όν,
and in [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.20 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] ός, όν: (see. ἐλαχύς);— light in weight, τόν οἱ ἐ. ἔθηκε (i.e. λᾶαν) [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.450; ξύλου ἐλαφρότερα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.23; πῦρ 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.57 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to βαρύς, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 63c, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Epitaphs, γαῖαν ἔχοις ἐλαφράν 'sit tibi terra levis', [[ epigram Gr. 195 (from Vaxos), compare “Sammelb.” 315. ] Refs] adverb, τά (i.e. δένδρεα)[[ οἱ πλώοιεν ἐλαφρῶς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.240. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 light to bear, easy, καί κεν ἐλαφρότερος πόλεμος Τρώεσσι γένοιτο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.287; συμφ ορὰν ἐλαφροτέραν καταστῆσαι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.12; πόνος -ότερος ἑαυτοῦ συνηθείῃ γίνεται 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 241 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: later, comparative ἐλαφρώτερον ἄλγος [[ 1st c.BC(?): Maximus Astrologus 173 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἐλαφρόν [ἐστι] 'tis light, easy, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.77, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 265, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; easy to understand, [προβλήματα] ἐ. καὶ πιθανά [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.133e, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 18.11 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἐν ἐλαφρῷ ποιήσασθαί τι to make light of a thing, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.154; οὐκ ἐν ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι [prev. author] 1.118 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἐν ἐ. no light matter, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.212. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+] adverb -ρῶς, φέρειν ζυγόν to bear it lightly, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.93. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]