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κοῦφος, η, ον,
light, nimble, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only in _neuter_ _plural_ as ] Refs 8th c.BC+] adverb, κοῦφα ποσὶ προβιβάς stepping lightly on, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.158, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 323; κοῦφα βιβῶν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 14.16; κ. ποσὶν ἄγ᾽ ἐς κύκλον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 954 (Lyric poetry); also κούφοις ποσί 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.114; κουφοτάταις πτερύγων ἀκμαῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1353; πήδημα κ. ἐκ νεὼς ἀφήλατο 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 305; κ. ἐξᾶραι πόδα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 224; κ. ἅλμα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 439 (Lyric poetry); κ. αἴρειν βῆμα [prev. author] “Tr.” 343; οὐ τοῖς κούφοις ὁ δρόμος LXX.Eccl.9.11: _metaphorically_, κουφότεραι.. ἀπειράτων φρένες] LXX+8th c.BC+] too buoyant, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.61. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, easy, light, τελεῖν.. κούφαν κτίσιν to make achievement easy,[[ [prev. work] 13.83; κ. εἰ δοίης τέλος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 260 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. νύξ an easier night, of a sick person, [[ 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Misopogon” 342a (_comparative_)] Refs 4th c.AD+]; περίπατος [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.46; τὸ ὅσιον ἅπαν κ. ἔργον “OGI” 383.120 (Nemrud Dagh, 1st c.BC)] Refs 1st c.BC+]; of government, light, κουφοτέραν βασιλείαν less oppressive, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.51; ἡ εὔκλεια κουφοτέρα φέρειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.22 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of an antagonist, easy-going, κουφότατος ἦν κρατήσας [[ [prev. author] “Ages.” 11.12; δεσπότην ἀπράγμονα καὶ κ. ἐξαπατᾷ θεράπων 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Per.fragment” 1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __3 unsubstantial, airy, vain, τὸ νέον.. κούφας ἀφροσύνας φέρον [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1230 (Lyric poetry); οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν.. κούφην σκιάν [prev. author] “Aj.” 126; ἐλπίδος τι εἶχον κούφης 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.51; κ. καὶ πτηνοὶ λόγοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 717c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. πρᾶγμα a trifle, [[[prev. work] 935a ] Refs]; κ. γράμματα a small letter, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 594 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, ={κουφόνους}, [[ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 5.7.1 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὸ κοῦφον τοῦ νοῦ levity, [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.21.14, compare 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 7.8.6. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4 light in point of weight, opposed to βαρύς, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 14d, “R.” 438c (_comparative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; κούφα σοι χθὼν ἐπάνωθε πέσοι may earth lie lightly on thee, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 462 (Lyric poetry), compare “Hel.” 853; κούφη σοι κόνις ἥδε πέλοι “IG” 14.1942.4; κούφη σεῖο γαῖ᾽ ὀστέα κεύθοι [prev. work]329 (from Himera)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. πνεύματα light airs, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 558; ὀστᾶ τε καὶ κ. κόνις 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 538.3; τὸ κουφότατον.. τῶν κακῶν.. πενία [prev. author] “Kith.fragment” 2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4.b in Medicine texts in various uses, σικύαι κοῦφαι dry cuppings, [[ 3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 45.29.17, compare 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.11, etc.] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also κούφου μένοντος τοῦ ἰοῦ on the surface, [[ 3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus “de Venenatis Animalibus” 7.3 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; μὴν κ. the eighth month of pregnancy, [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.56 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of food, easy to digest, light, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1141b18, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4.c of troops, light-armed, οἱ κ. τῶν στρατιωτῶν [[ “Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 6.4; ὡπλισμένοι κουφοτέροις ὅπλοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.27; κούφη στρατιά 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 11; τὰ κ. τῆς δυνάμεως 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.25.2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4.d of ships, lightly-laden, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.37, 8.27. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 light, slight, ἁμαρτήματα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 863c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κουφότερα γυμνάσια, opposed to ἀναγκαῖα, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1338b40; κ. ἐργασίαι [prev. work] 1321a25. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__6 empty, κεράμια [[ “Geoponica” 7.24.2, compare “PLond.” 5.1656.6 (4th c.AD), “PFlor.” 314.8 (see. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator): hence as ] Refs 4th c.BC+] substantive, κοῦφον (i.e. κεράμιον), τό, jar, in plural, [[ “POxy.” 1631.16 (3rd c.AD), “PFay.” 133.6 (4th c.AD), “PStrassb.” 1.10 (6th c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__7 active, relieving, assisting, χερὶ κούφᾳ [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: probably to be taken in this sense in [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 11.3. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II adverb -φως lightly, nimbly, κ. ὀροῦσαι [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 112 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. ἐσκευασμένοι, of soldiers, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.33; ὡπλισμένοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.26, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἔχειν to be relieved, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 873a16. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 metaphorically, lightly, with light heart, κουφότερον μετεφώνεε [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.201; κ. νοῆσαι 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 5.14 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. φέρειν, opposed to δεινῶς φ., [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 449, 1018; ὡς κουφότατα φέρειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.35 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; διάγουσα κούφως doing well, of a patient, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.26.δ. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 lightly, with ease, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 701. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
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