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κουφότης

kouphotes

lightness

Appears 52 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Dictionary (LSJ)

κουφότης, ητος, ἡ, A. lightness, Hp. Aër. 8, Pl. Ti. 65e, Lg. 625d, Arist. Cael. 300b24, etc.; agility, Jul. Or. 2.53c: pl., Pl. Lg. 897a, Arist. PA 648b7; κ. τροφῆς lightness, digestibility, Thphr. CP 4.9.4. 2. metaph., triviality, levity, Phld. Vit.p.27 J., D.H. 7.17. 3. relief, μόχθων E. Fr. 119. 4. lightness, of style, Phld. Rh. 1.178 S.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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