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ἐλαφρ-ός , ά, όν, and in Pi.N.5.20 ός, όν: (v. ἐλαχύς);—
A.light in weight, τόν οἱ . ἔθηκε (sc. λᾶαν) Il.12.450; “ξύλου ἐλαφρότεραHdt.3.23; “πῦρParm.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 ἐλαφρῶςOd.5.240.
3. light of digestion, Plu.2.137a.
4. shallow, “διάπλουςPeripl.M.Rubr.55; δῖναι ib.40.
5. Act., ease-giving, B.Fr.8, Theoc.2.92.
III. metaph., light-minded, unsteady, fickle, πᾶν πλῆθός ἐστιν . Plb.6.56.11; . λύσσα light-headed madness, E.Ba.851.
2. small, “ποταμόςPlb.16.17.7; of small power or strength, “πόλειςId.5.62.6.
3. relieved of a burden, “ψυχὴ . καὶ δι᾽ αὑτῆςPlot.4.3.32.
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