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ἐλαφρ-ύνω

elaphruno

make light, lighten

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What it meant

ἐλαφρ-ύνω · elaphr-ynō — LSJ

make light, lighten

make light, lighten, πόλεμον Jul. Or. 1.1Sc, cf. Babr. 111.6 (Pass.), Aq. Jb. 39.34 (40.4).

2 relieve

relieve, ἀνίας Eus.Mynd. 1; κεφαλήν Ruf. ap. Orib. 8.47 (b). 1:—Pass., ἐλαφρυνθήσεται τοῦ ὄγκου Hippiatr. 126.

b relieve

relieve of fiscal burdens, ἑαυτὸν ἐ. τῆς συντελείας Just. Nov. 43.1.2:— Pass., ibid.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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