κοῦφος

κοῦφος

See also: κούφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of unknown origin.[1] Per Trubachev, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kewbʰ- (“to duck, to bow”) attested in κουφάριν (kouphárin, “carcass”), Old East Slavic кубъ (kubŭ, “drinking vessel”).[2]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kûː.pʰos/ → /ˈku.ɸos/ → /ˈku.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kûː.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈku.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈku.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈku.fos/

Adjective

κοῦφος • (koûphos) m (feminine κούφη, neuter κοῦφον); first/second declension

1. light, not heavy, nimble

   Synonym: ἐλαφρός (elaphrós)

Inflection

First and second declension of κοῦφος; κούφη; κοῦφον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κοῦφος koûphos	κούφη koúphē	κοῦφον koûphon		κούφω koúphō	κούφᾱ koúphā	κούφω koúphō		κοῦφοι koûphoi	κοῦφαι koûphai	κοῦφᾰ koûpha
Genitive		κούφου koúphou	κούφης koúphēs	κούφου koúphou		κούφοιν koúphoin	κούφαιν koúphain	κούφοιν koúphoin		κούφων koúphōn	κούφων koúphōn	κούφων koúphōn
Dative		κούφῳ koúphōi	κούφῃ koúphēi	κούφῳ koúphōi		κούφοιν koúphoin	κούφαιν koúphain	κούφοιν koúphoin		κούφοις koúphois	κούφαις koúphais	κούφοις koúphois
Accusative		κοῦφον koûphon	κούφην koúphēn	κοῦφον koûphon		κούφω koúphō	κούφᾱ koúphā	κούφω koúphō		κούφους koúphous	κούφᾱς koúphās	κοῦφᾰ koûpha
Vocative		κοῦφε koûphe	κούφη koúphē	κοῦφον koûphon		κούφω koúphō	κούφᾱ koúphā	κούφω koúphō		κοῦφοι koûphoi	κοῦφαι koûphai	κοῦφᾰ koûpha
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κούφως koúphōs				κουφότερος kouphóteros				κουφότᾰτος kouphótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: κούφος (koúfos)

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
2. • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kubъ, *kubъkъ, *kubikъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 13 (*kroměžirъ – kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 77

Further reading

• “κοῦφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κοῦφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κοῦφος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κοῦφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette