ἐλαφρός
See also: ελαφρός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *eləpʰrós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ln̥gʷʰrós (“lightweight”). See also ἐλαχύς (elakhús).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.la.pʰrós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.laˈpʰros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.laˈɸros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.laˈfros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.laˈfros/
Adjective
ἐλαφρός • (elaphrós) m (feminine ἐλᾰφρᾱ́, neuter ἐλᾰφρόν); first/second declension
- light, unheavy
- Antonym: βαρύς (barús)
Inflection
First and second declension of ἐλᾰφρός; ἐλᾰφρᾱ́; ἐλᾰφρόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἐλᾰφρός elaphrós | ἐλᾰφρᾱ́ elaphrā́ | ἐλᾰφρόν elaphrón | ἐλᾰφρώ elaphrṓ | ἐλᾰφρᾱ́ elaphrā́ | ἐλᾰφρώ elaphrṓ | ἐλᾰφροί elaphroí | ἐλᾰφραί elaphraí | ἐλᾰφρᾰ́ elaphrá | |||||
Genitive | ἐλᾰφροῦ elaphroû | ἐλᾰφρᾶς elaphrâs | ἐλᾰφροῦ elaphroû | ἐλᾰφροῖν elaphroîn | ἐλᾰφραῖν elaphraîn | ἐλᾰφροῖν elaphroîn | ἐλᾰφρῶν elaphrôn | ἐλᾰφρῶν elaphrôn | ἐλᾰφρῶν elaphrôn | |||||
Dative | ἐλᾰφρῷ elaphrôi | ἐλᾰφρᾷ elaphrâi | ἐλᾰφρῷ elaphrôi | ἐλᾰφροῖν elaphroîn | ἐλᾰφραῖν elaphraîn | ἐλᾰφροῖν elaphroîn | ἐλᾰφροῖς elaphroîs | ἐλᾰφραῖς elaphraîs | ἐλᾰφροῖς elaphroîs | |||||
Accusative | ἐλᾰφρόν elaphrón | ἐλᾰφρᾱ́ν elaphrā́n | ἐλᾰφρόν elaphrón | ἐλᾰφρώ elaphrṓ | ἐλᾰφρᾱ́ elaphrā́ | ἐλᾰφρώ elaphrṓ | ἐλᾰφρούς elaphroús | ἐλᾰφρᾱ́ς elaphrā́s | ἐλᾰφρᾰ́ elaphrá | |||||
Vocative | ἐλᾰφρέ elaphré | ἐλᾰφρᾱ́ elaphrā́ | ἐλᾰφρόν elaphrón | ἐλᾰφρώ elaphrṓ | ἐλᾰφρᾱ́ elaphrā́ | ἐλᾰφρώ elaphrṓ | ἐλᾰφροί elaphroí | ἐλᾰφραί elaphraí | ἐλᾰφρᾰ́ elaphrá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἐλᾰφρῶς elaphrôs | ἐλᾰφρότερος elaphróteros | ἐλᾰφρότᾰτος elaphrótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐλαφρότης (elaphrótēs)
Descendants
- Greek: ελαφρός (elafrós)
Further reading
- “ἐλαφρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐλαφρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐλαφρός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)