κουφ-ίζω,
Attic dialect future - ῐῶ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1287 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect κεκούφικα [[ “OGI” 90.12 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC): ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__I to be light, κουφίζουσαν ἄρουραν [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 463, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1555 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a sufferer, to be relieved, κουφίζειν δοκῶ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 735, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 2.27. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II transitive, lighten, make light, τὸ κενὸν ἐμπεριλαμβανόμενον κ. τὰ σώματα [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 309a6 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ [prev. author] “PA” 663b13: hence, ] Refs]
__II.1 lift up, raise, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 43, “Tr.” 1025 (Lyric poetry); αἴρων κουφιῶ σ᾽ ἐγώ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1762 (Lyric poetry); ἀσπίδ᾽ ἀμφὶ βραχίονι κουφίζων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 121 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἅλμα κουφιεῖν make a light leap, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Aj.” [same place]; κ. πήδημα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 861 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δύστηνον αἰώρημα κουφίζω, ={δύστηνος αἰωροῦμαι}, [[ [prev. author] “Supp.” 1047 ] Refs]:—passive, to be lifted up, soar, [τῷ πτερῷ] ᾧ ψυχὴ κουφίζεται [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 248c, compare 249a; σώματα -όμενα ὑπὸ τοῦ κύματος 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.27c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 lighten of a load, ὄχλου πλήθους τε κ. χθόνα lighten earth of a multitude, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 40; κουφισθεὶς τοῦ βάρους 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.16.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, lighten ships of their cargo, τῷ ταχυναυτοῦντι κουφίσαντες προσβάλλειν [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.34; κουφισθεισῶν τῶν νεῶν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 20.5.11, compare 1.60.8. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]