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ἐλαφρός

elaphros

light in weight

Appears 12 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἐλαφρός, ά, όν, and in Pi. N. 5.20 ός, όν: (v. ἐλαχύς);—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 (Vaxos), cf. Sammelb. 315. Adv., τά (sc. δένδρεα) οἱ πλώοιεν ἐλαφρῶς Od. 5.240. 2. light to bear, easy, καί κεν ἐλαφρότερος πόλεμος Τρώεσσι γένοιτο Il. 22.287; συμφ ορὰν ἐλαφροτέραν καταστῆσαι Antipho 3.3.12; πόνος -ότερος ἑαυτοῦ συνηθείῃ γίνεται Democr. 241: later, Comp. ἐλαφρώτερον ἄλγος Max. 173; ἐλαφρόν [ἐστι] ʼtis 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. 4. shallow, διάπλους Peripl.M.Rubr. 55; δῖναι ib.40. 5. Act., ease-giving, B. Fr. 8, Theoc. 2.92. II. light in moving, nimble, γυῖα δʼ ἔθηκεν ἐ. Il. 5.122; ἦ μάλʼ 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 ἴχνιʼ 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 (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. b. gentle, mild, σφᾶς αὐτοὺς -οτάτους τοῖς συνοῦσι παρέχοντας Isoc. 12.31, cf. Pl. Ep. 360c. 2. small, ποταμός Plb. 16.17.7; of small power or strength, πόλεις Id. 5.62.6. 3. relieved of a burden, ψυχὴ ἐ. καὶ διʼ αὑτῆς Plot. 4.3.32. IV. Ἐλαφρός· Ζεὺς ἐν Κρήτῃ, Hsch.
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