κοῦφος

See also: κούφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of unknown origin; Beekes notes that the full grade of the stem and barytonesis of the word suggest that it was originally a noun and not an adjective, though he leaves the origin open without mentioning any potential comparanda.^[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

(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

light, not heavy, nimble
Synonym: ἐλαφρός (elaphrós)

Declension

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 koûphă
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 koûphă
Vocative	κοῦφε koûphe	κούφη koúphē	κοῦφον koûphon	κούφω koúphō	κούφᾱ koúphā	κούφω koúphō	κοῦφοι koûphoi	κοῦφαι koûphai	κοῦφᾰ koûphă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	κούφως koúphōs			κουφότερος kouphóteros			κουφότᾰτος kouphótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κουφί̆ζω (kouphí̆zō)
κούφισις (koúphisis)
κούφισμα (koúphisma)
κουφισμός (kouphismós)
κουφιστήρ (kouphistḗr)
κουφιστικός (kouphistikós)
κουφίτης (kouphítēs)
κουφολόγος (kouphológos)
κουφοτής (kouphotḗs)

Descendants

Greek: κούφος (koúfos)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κοῦφος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 765
^ * Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kubъ, *kubъkъ, *kubikъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 77