1. κοῦφος · kouphos — Beekes
light, easily movable, nimble, vain, empty
The corpus record
κοῦφος
kouphos
light, easily movable, nimble, vain, empty
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- De aere aquis et locis 8 · 10.8/10k
- Minos 2 · 7.01/10k
- Lamentationes 1 · 4.29/10k
- Charmides 3 · 3.61/10k
- Timaeus 8 · 3.38/10k
- De Mundo 2 · 3.15/10k
- Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
- Thesmophoriazusae 2 · 2.84/10k
- De Sensu et Sensibilibus 2 · 2.56/10k
- Ajax 2 · 2.54/10k
- Ion 1 · 2.49/10k
- Ecclesiastes 1 · 2.21/10k
Densest 12 of 64 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. κοῦφος · kouphos — Chantraine
«léger» d'où «alerte», etc
3. κοῦφος · kouphos — LSJ
light, nimble
Attestations
- κοῦφα · koupha Iliad 13.158
- κουφότερον · kouphoteron Odyssey 8.201
- κούφη · kouphē Works and Days 761–762
- κοῦφα · koupha Shield of Heracles 321–322
- κουφότερα · kouphotera Plato, Republic 4.438 (DIORISIS sentence 2586)
- κοῦφα · koupha Plato, Republic 5.479 (DIORISIS sentence 3553)
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 812; entry #3437 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 588; entry #4321 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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