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1 ξουθός
A rapidly moving to and fro, nimble, φεύγετε τῆς ξουθῆς δειλότεροι κεμάδος Herodic. ap. Ath.5.222a ; κόμαι.. ξουθοῖσιν ἀνέμοις ἐνετρύφων φορούμεναι in the rustling breezes, Chaerem.1.7 ;ξ. ἀλκυόνες AP9.333
(Mnasalc.) ; ξ. πτέρυγες rustling, whirring wings of the Dioscuri, h.Hom.33.13 ; whirring or steadily-beating wings of the eagle, B.5.17 ; ξουθᾶν ἐκ πτερύγων ἁδὺ κρέκουσα μέλος, of the cricket, AP7.192 (Mnasalc.).2 chirruping or trilling larynx of the nightingale,ἐλθὲ διὰ ξουθᾶν γενύων ἐλελιζομένα θρήνοις ἐμοῖς ξυνεργός E.Hel.
IIII (lyr.) ; (anap.) ; δι' ἐμῆς γένυος ξουθῆς μελέων Πανὶ νόμους ἱεροὺς ἀναφαίνω ib. 744 (lyr.) ; of the nightingale itself, trilling,οἷά τις ξουθὰ.. Ἴτυν Ἴτυν στένουσ'.. ἀηδών A.Ag. 1142
(lyr.) ;ὦ φίλη, ὦ ξουθή, ὦ φίλτατον ὀρνέων πάντων Ar.Av. 676
(lyr.), cf. Theoc.Ep.4.11 ; of song-birds in general,ξ. λιγύφωνα ὄρνεα Lyr.Alex.Adesp.7.1
; ξ. χελιδών twittering swallow, Babr.118.1.3 of the bee, either nimble, or humming (cf. ξουθόπτερος), S.Fr.398.5, E.IT 165 (anap.), 635, Pl.Epigr.32.6, Antiph.52.7, Theoc.7.142, AP9.226.1 (Zon.), v.l. in APl.4.305.3 (Antip.).4 of the sound produced by a trilling larynx or vibrating wing, ξουθὸν μέλος (of a song-bird) chirruping note, Opp.H.4.123 ; οὔρεσι καὶ σκιεραῖς ξουθὰ λαλεῦντα νάπαις, of the τέττιξ, AP9.373.4.II golden yellow,ξουθῶν τε σπονδὰς μελιτῶν Emp.128.7
(ap.Porph.Abst.2.21 ; ξανθῶν ap.Ath.12.510d) ; ξουθὸς μὲν πρόπαν εἶδος, of a species of wolf, Opp.C.3.297 ( ξανθὸς one cod.) ; but ξουθὸν ἀπ' ἀνέρος αἷμα πάσασθαι red blood, Opp.H.2.452 (v.l. ξανθὸν ὑπ'). -
2 ξουθοπτέρου
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3 ξουθόπτεροι
ξουθόπτεροςwith nimble: masc /fem nom /voc pl -
4 ξουθόπτερος
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5 κοῦφος
a light, nimbleκούφοισιν ποσίν O. 13.114
θεοδμάτων ὀχέων ἐφαπτομένα χερὶ κούφᾳ P. 9.11
ἵσταμαι δὴ ποσσὶ κούφοις, ἀμπνέων τε πρίν τι φάμεν N. 8.19
n. pl. pro adv.,τόνδε κῶμον κοῦφα βιβῶντα O. 14.17
b light, easy τελεῖ δὲ θεῶν δύναμις καὶ τὰν παρ' ὅρκον καὶ παρὰ ἐλπίδα κούφαν κτίσιν (= ὡς κουφόν τι, Gildersleeve) O. 13.83ἐπεὶ κούφα δόσις ἀνδρὶ σοφῷ ξυνὸν ὀρθῶσαι καλόν I. 1.45
c light, fickleκουφότεραι γὰρ ἀπειράτων φρένες O. 8.61
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6 ἐλαφρός
-ά,-όν + A 1-0-1-3-0=5 Ex 18,26; Ez 1,7; Jb 7,6; 9,25; 24,18light to bear, minor Ex 18,26; light in moving, nimble Jb 24,18*Ez 1,7 ἐλαφραί light-קלות for MT קלל(adj.) burnished, shiny -
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-η,-ον A 0-6-6-2-4=18 1 Sm 18,23; 2 Sm 1,23; 2,18; 2 Kgs 3,18; 20,10light, nimble, swift 2 Sm 1,23; light, slight Wis 5,11; easy, light 1 Sm 18,23; light-minded, unwise Sir 19,4 -
8 αἰόλος
A quick-moving, nimble,πόδας αἰόλος ἵππος Il.19.404
; αἰόλαι εὐλαί wriggling worms, 22.509; σφῆκες μέσον αἰ. 12.167; ὄφις ib. 208;οἶστρος Od.22.300
, cf. Achae.48.2 as epith. of armour, glittering,τεύχεα Il.5.295
;σάκος 7.222
, 16.107; :—generally, changeful of hue, sheeny,δράκων Id.Tr.11
; αἰόλα νύξ star-spangled night, ib.94 (lyr.); αἰ. πυρὸς κάσις smoke flushed by fire-light, A.Th. 494; κύων αἰ. speckled, Call.Dian.91, etc.; αἰόλα σάρξ discoloured, S.Ph. 1157 (lyr.);ὀφθαλμοί Adam.1.8
, cf. 11.II metaph.,1 chequered,αἰόλ' ἀνθρώπων κακά A.Supp. 328
; changeful, (lyr.); (lyr.); νόμος Tclest.2;αἰόλα φωνέων Theoc.16.44
; αἰόλοι ἡμέραι changeable days, Arist.Pr. 941b24.2 shifty, slippery,ἔπος Sol.11.7
;ψεῦδος Pi.N. 8.25
;κέρδεσσι B.14.57
;μηχάνημα λυγκὸς αἰολώτερον Trag.Adesp. 349
.—Chiefly poet.B proparox. [full] Αἴολος, ου, ὁ, the lord of the winds, properly the Rapid or the Changeable, Od., etc.2 name of a kind of σκάρος, Nic. Thyat. ap. Ath.7.320c. -
9 διερός
A active, alive, twice in Hom.,οὐκ ἔσθ' οὗτος ἀνὴρ διερὸς βροτός Od.6.201
, cf. Aristarch. ad loc. (but perh. for δϝῐ-ερός, 'to be feared'); διερῷ ποδί with nimble foot, 9.43;διερῇ φλογί AP7.123
(Diog. Laert.).II after Hom., wet, liquid, ὕδατι διερόν cj. in Pi.Fr.107.14;αἷμα τὸ δ. A.Eu. 263
; τὸ δ., opp. ξηρόν, Anaxag. 4, 12; of the air, opp. λαμπρός, v. l. in Hp.Aër.15; of birds, which float through the air, Ar.Nu. 337; δ. μέλεα, of the nightingale's notes, dub. l. in Id.Av. 213;δ. καὶ βαρεῖα γῆ Thphr.CP3.23.2
;δ. φῦκος Ph. Bel.99.24
;τοῦ δ. παγέντος Alciphr.1.23
; δ. κέλευθος, of the sea, A.R.1.184; πώγων δ. [ὀστρέου] AP9.86 (Antiphil.);διερὰς χαίτας εὐώδεας Orph.Fr. 142
; δ. μόρος death by drowning, Opp.H.5.345; δ. πῦρ the watery star, i. e. the constellation Eridanus, Nonn.D.23.301. (Prop., acc. to Arist.GC 330a16 διερὸν μέν ἐστι τὸ ἔχον ἀλλοτρίαν ὑγρότητα ἐπιπολῆς, opp. βεβρεγμένον ( soaked through), but cf.σπόγγος ὄξει διερός Dsc.Eup.1.141
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10 εὐτράπελος
A easily turning or changing, of the Athenians, Ael.VH5.13; nimble, of apes, Id.NA5.26; in earlier Gr. always metaph., λόγος εὐ. a dexterous, ready plea, Ar.V. 469 (lyr.). Adv. - λως dexterously, readily, without awkwardness, Th.2.41.2 of persons, ready with an answer or repartee, witty, Arist.EN 1108a24, 1128a10;εὐ. παρὰ τὰς συνουσίας Plb.23.5.7
; τίτθη εὐ. Jul.Or.7.227a: [comp] Sup., Plb.9.23.3.b in bad sense, jesting, ribald, Isoc.7.49; εὐτράπελόν ἐστι c. acc. et inf., it is ludicrous that.., Plu.2.1062b.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > εὐτράπελος
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11 εὔστρεπτος
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12 θοός
A quick, nimble, epith. of Ares and warriors, Il.5.430, 571, 16.422, 494, etc.: c. inf.,θ. μάχεσθαι 5.536
; of things,χείρ 12.306
;βέλος Od.22.83
;ἅρμα Il.17.458
; μάστιξ ib. 430;νῆες 14.410
, etc.;νηυσὶ θοῇσι.. πεποιθότες ὠκείῃσι Od.7.34
; νύξ swift night, Il.10.394, Od.12.284, Hes.Th. 481; θοὴν ἀλεγύνετε δαῖτα partake of a hasty meal, i.e. in haste, Od.8.38; later, of animals, Pi.P.4.17, E.Ba. 977 (lyr.); alsoμάχαι Pi.P.8.26
;γλῶσσα Id.N.7.72
; (lyr.);θ. εἰρεσίας ζυγόν S.Aj. 249
(lyr.), cf. Orph.A. 1037; (lyr.), cf. A.Pr. 129 (lyr.);σάκος A.R.1.743
;ἀσπίδας.. θοὸν ἔχμα βολάων Id.4.201
; πνοαί, αὖραι, E. Andr. 479 (lyr.), Tr. 454 (troch.): used adverbially with Verbs of motion, ἐκπρολιποῦσα θοὸν δόμον quickly, in haste, Antim.71 (expld. by An.Ox. from τίθημι); θοὰν νύμφαν ἄγαγες S.Tr. 857
(lyr.). Adv. - ῶς quickly, in haste, Il.3.325, B.14.59, A.Pr. 1060 (anap.), Pers. 398, Hp.Mul.2.132;θοώτερον A.R.3.1406
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13 κοῦφος
A light, nimble, Hom. only in neut. pl. as Adv., κοῦφα ποσὶ προβιβάς stepping lightly on, Il.13.158, cf. Hes.Sc. 323;κοῦφα βιβῶν Pi.O.14.16
;κ. ποσὶν ἄγ' ἐς κύκλον Ar.Th. 954
(lyr.); alsoκούφοις ποσί Pi.O.13.114
;κουφοτάταις πτερύγων ἀκμαῖς Ar.Ra. 1353
;πήδημα κ. ἐκ νεὼς ἀφήλατο A.Pers. 305
;κ. ἐξᾶραι πόδα S.Ant. 224
;κ. ἅλμα E.El. 439
(lyr.);κ. αἴρειν βῆμα Id.Tr. 343
;οὐ τοῖς κούφοις ὁ δρόμος LXX Ec.9.11
: metaph., κουφότεραι.. ἀπειράτων φρένες too buoyant, Pi.O. 8.61.2 metaph., easy, light, τελεῖν.. κούφαν κτίσιν to make achievement easy, ib.13.83;κ. εἰ δοίης τέλος A.Th. 260
; κ. νύξ an easier night, of a sick person, Jul.Mis. 342a ([comp] Comp.);περίπατος Sor.1.46
;τὸ ὅσιον ἅπαν κ. ἔργον OGI383.120
(Nemrud Dagh, i B. C.); of government, light, κουφοτέραν βασιλείαν less oppressive, Isoc.9.51;ἡ εὔκλεια κουφοτέρα φέρειν X.Cyr.8.2.22
; of an antagonist, easy-going,κουφότατος ἦν κρατήσας Id.Ages.11.12
;δεσπότην ἀπράγμονα καὶ κ. ἐξαπατᾷ θεράπων Men.Per.Fr.1
.3 unsubstantial, airy, vain,τὸ νέον.. κούφας ἀφροσύνας φέρον S.OC 1230
(lyr.);οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν.. κούφην σκιάν Id.Aj. 126
;ἐλπίδος τι εἶχον κούφης Th.2.51
;κ. καὶ πτηνοὶ λόγοι Pl.Lg. 717c
; κ. πρᾶγμα a trifle, ib. 935a; κ. γράμματα a small letter, E.IT 594; of persons, = κουφόνους, Hdn.5.7.1; τὸ κοῦφον τοῦ νοῦ levity, Paus.5.21.14, cf. Hdn.7.8.6.4 light in point of weight, opp. βαρύς, Pl. Phlb. 14d, R. 438c ([comp] Comp.), etc.; κούφα σοι χθὼν ἐπάνωθε πέσοι may earth lie lightly on thee, E.Alc. 462 (lyr.), cf. Hel. 853;κούφη σοι κόνις ἥδε πέλοι IG14.1942.4
; κούφη σεῖο γαῖ' ὀστέα κεύθοι ib.329 ([place name] Himera); κ. πνεύματα light airs, S.Aj. 558;ὀστᾶ τε καὶ κ. κόνις Men.538.3
;τὸ κουφότατον.. τῶν κακῶν.. πενία Id.Kith.Fr.2
.b Medic. in various uses, σικύαι κοῦφαι dry cuppings, Philum. ap. Orib.45.29.17, cf. Sor.2.11, etc.; also κούφου μένοντος τοῦ ἰοῦ on the surface, Philum.Ven.7.3; μὴν κ. the eighth month of pregnancy, Sor.1.56; of food, easy to digest, light, Arist.EN 1141b18, etc.c of troops, light-armed,οἱ κ. τῶν στρατιωτῶν Hell.Oxy.6.4
;ὡπλισμένοι κουφοτέροις ὅπλοις X. Mem.3.5.27
;κούφη στρατιά Plu.Fab.11
;τὰ κ. τῆς δυνάμεως Plb.10.25.2
.d of ships, lightly-laden, Th.6.37, 8.27.5 light, slight,ἁμαρτήματα Pl.Lg. 863c
; κουφότερα γυμνάσια, opp. ἀναγκαῖα, Arist. Pol. 1338b40; κ. ἐργασίαι ib. 1321a25.6 empty,κεράμια Gp.7.24.2
, cf. PLond.5.1656.6 (iv A. D.), PFlor.314.8(v. A. D.): hence as Subst., κοῦφον (sc. κεράμιον), τό, jar, in pl., POxy.1631.16 (iii A. D.), PFay. 133.6 (iv A. D.), PStrassb.1.10 (vi A. D.).7 [voice] Act., relieving, assisting,χερὶ κούφᾳ Pi.P.9.11
: prob. to be taken in this sense in Theoc. 11.3.II Adv. - φως lightly, nimbly,κ. ὀροῦσαι A.Eu. 112
; κ. ἐσκευασμένοι, of soldiers, Th.4.33;ὡπλισμένοι X.Mem.3.5.26
, etc.; κ. ἔχειν to be relieved, Arist.Pr. 873a16.2 metaph., lightly, with light heart,κουφότερον μετεφώνεε Od.8.201
;κ. νοῆσαι Sapph.Supp. 5.14
; κ. φέρειν, opp. δεινῶς φ., E.Med. 449, 1018;ὡς κουφότατα φέρειν Hdt.1.35
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14 λαγαρός
A hollow, sunken, of an animal's flanks, X.Cyn.4.1; of the right ventricle, - ωτέρη Hp.Cord.4;λαγαρᾷ.. τῇ γαστρί Philostr. Im.2.21
; τὰς λ. (sc. γαστέρας) Ar.Ec. 1167; λ. κύκλοι sunken, flattish, of the tortoise, Philostr.Im.1.10; λ. ποπάνευμα (cf. ) AP 6.231 (Phil.): [comp] Comp., Hp. l.c.: [comp] Sup., κατὰ τὸ -ώτατον in the least defensible part, Plu.Cam.25.2 slack, loose,αὐχὴν λ. τὰ κατὰ τὴν συγκαμπήν X.Eq.1.8
; of camels, D.S.2.54. Adv. -ρῶς, ἱππασθείς Philostr.Im.2.2
.b metaph.,τὴν πόλιν ἀντὶ λαγαρᾶς καὶ ὑποσόμφου μεστὴν ἐποίησεν ἀγλαΐας Them.Or.18.222d
. Adv. [comp] Comp. - ώτερον, opp. σφοδρότερον, πλῆξαι τὴν χορδήν Theo Sm.p.72 H.3 thin, narrow, δρυμῶνες (cj.) X.Cyn.6.5; of columns, lanky, D.H.16.3, Plu.Publ.15; of men, emaciated, Thphr.HP9.10.3.4 in Metric, στίχος λ., opp. προκοίλιος, a ' thin-waisted' verse, with a short syllable for a long one in the interior, like Il.23.493, cf. Ar.Ec. 1167, Plu.2.397d, Ath.14.632e, Sch.Heph.p.289 C.5 in Arist.HA 622b23 ([comp] Comp., s.v.l.), where it is an epith. of spiders, some expl. it to mean lank, meagre, some agile, nimble.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > λαγαρός
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15 λαιψηρός
A light, nimble, swift,λαιψηρά τε γοῦνα Il.22.204
, al.; of persons, light-footed, swift, 21.264; λ. βελέεσσιν ib. 278;ἀνέμων λ. κέλευθα 14.17
; λ. δρόμος, πόδες, Pi.P. 121, N.10.63, B.Scol.Oxy. Fr.4.9; ;πόλεμοι Pi.O.12.4
: neut. pl. as Adv., swiftly, E. Ion 717 (lyr.), Opp.H.1.237: regul. Adv. - ρῶς ib.5.660.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > λαιψηρός
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16 ξουθόπτερος
ξουθόπτερος, ον,Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ξουθόπτερος
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17 σκίναξ
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18 ταχύχειρ
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19 ἐλαφρίζω
A make light: hence, lift up, carry, Coluth.29, 156; [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3sg. [tense] impf.-ίζεσκε, κούρην Mosch.2.130
;ἐ. ἑαυτὸν ὑψοῦ Ael.NA9.52
;πτεροῖς ἑαυτήν Plu.2.317e
.2 make light of, scorn, Archil.87, cf. Hsch.II intr., to be light and nimble, E.Fr.530.8, Call.Del. 115, Anyt. ap. Poll.5.48, Opp.C.1.85.III [voice] Pass., to be relieved of forced contributions, IG5(1).1146.28 (Gythium, i B.C.).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐλαφρίζω
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20 ἐλαφρός
A light in weight, τόν οἱ ἐ. ἔθηκε (sc. λᾶαν) Il.12.450;ξύλου ἐλαφρότερα Hdt.3.23
;πῦρ Parm.8.57
; opp. βαρύς, Pl.Ti. 63c, etc.; in Epitaphs, γαῖαν ἔχοις ἐλαφράν 'sit tibi terra levis', Epigr.Gr.195 ([place name] Vaxos), cf. Sammelb. 315. Adv., τά (sc. δένδρεα)οἱ πλώοιεν ἐλαφρῶς Od.5.240
.2 light to bear, easy, ; ;πόνος-ότερος ἑαυτοῦ συνηθείῃ γίνεται Democr.241
: later, [comp] Comp.ἐλαφρώτερον ἄλγος Max.173
; ἐλαφρόν [ ἐστι] 'tis light, easy, Pi.N.7.77, A.Pr. 265, etc.; easy to understand, [προβλήματα] ἐ. καὶ πιθανά Plu.2.133e
, cf. D.Chr. 18.11; ἐν ἐλαφρῷ ποιήσασθαί τι to make light of a thing, Hdt.3.154;οὐκ ἐν ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι Id.1.118
; οὐκ ἐν ἐ. no light matter, Theoc.22.212. Adv. -ρῶς, φέρειν ζυγόν to bear it lightly, Pi.P.2.93.3 light of digestion, Plu.2.137a.5 [voice] Act., ease-giving, B.Fr.8, Theoc.2.92.II light in moving, nimble, γυῖα δ' ἔθηκεν ἐ. Il.5.122;ἦ μάλ' ἐ. ἀνήρ 16.745
;ἐλαφρότατος ποσσί 23.749
; χεῖρες.. ἐπαΐσσονται ἐ. ib. 628;κίρκος.. ἐλαφρότατος πετεηνῶν 22.139
, Od.13.87; [ἵπποι] ἐλαφρότατοι θείειν 3.370
;ἐλαφραῖς πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς A.Pr. 125
(anap.); ἐ. ποδί 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, X.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., πόλιας θῆκεν ἐλαφροτέρας made them easier in condition, Epigr.Gr.905 ([place name] Gortyn). Adv. - ρῶς nimbly, Ar.Ach. 217;ὀρχεῖσθαι πυρρίχην X.An.6.1.12
.III metaph., light-minded, unsteady, fickle, πᾶν πλῆθός ἐστιν ἐ. Plb.6.56.11; ἐ. λύσσα light-headed madness, E.Ba. 851.IV Ἐλαφρός· Ζεὺς ἐν Κρήτῃ, Hsch.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐλαφρός
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