Strong G1645ἐλαφρός

ἐλαφρ-ός, ά, όν,
and in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.20)] ός, όν: (see. ἐλαχύς);— light in weight, τόν οἱ ἐ. ἔθηκε (i.e. λᾶαν) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.450; ξύλου ἐλαφρότερα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.23; πῦρ 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.57)]; opposed to βαρύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 63c, etc.)]; in Epitaphs, γαῖαν ἔχοις ἐλαφράν 'sit tibi terra levis', [Refs (epigram Gr. 195 (from Vaxos), compare “Sammelb.” 315.)] adverb, τά (i.e. δένδρεα)[Refs 8th c.BC+ (οἱ πλώοιεν ἐλαφρῶς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.240.)]
2 light to bear, easy, καί κεν ἐλαφρότερος πόλεμος Τρώεσσι γένοιτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.287; συμφ ορὰν ἐλαφροτέραν καταστῆσαι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.12; πόνος -ότερος ἑαυτοῦ συνηθείῃ γίνεται 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 241)]: later, comparative ἐλαφρώτερον ἄλγος [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC(?): Maximus Astrologus 173)]; ἐλαφρόν [ἐστι] 'tis light, easy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.77, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 265, etc.)]; easy to understand, [προβλήματα] ἐ. καὶ πιθανά [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.133e, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 18.11)]; ἐν ἐλαφρῷ ποιήσασθαί τι to make light of a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.154; οὐκ ἐν ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι [prev. author] 1.118)]; οὐκ ἐν ἐ. no light matter, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.212.)] adverb -ρῶς, φέρειν ζυγόν to bear it lightly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.93.)]
3 light of digestion, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.137a.)]
4 shallow, διάπλους [Refs (“Periplus Maris Rubri [1st c.AD]” 55; δῖναι [prev. work]40.)]
5 active, ease-giving, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus “fragment” 8, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.92.)]
II light in moving, nimble, γυῖα δ᾽ ἔθηκεν ἐ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.122; ἦ μάλ᾽ ἐ. ἀνήρ 16.745; ἐλαφρότατος ποσσί 23.749)]; χεῖρες.. ἐπαΐσσονται ἐ[Refs 8th c.BC+ (. [prev. work] 628; κίρκος.. ἐλαφρότατος πετεηνῶν 22.139, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.87; [ἵπποι] ἐλαφρότατοι θείειν 3.370; ἐλαφραῖς πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 125 (_anapaest meter_); ἐ. ποδί [prev. work] 281 (_anapaest meter_))]; γονάτων ἐλαφρὸν ὁρμάν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.20; ἐ. ποδῶν ἴχνι᾽ ἀειράμεναι Callias Epigrammaticus “anonymous fragment” 391; ἐλαφρὰ ἡλικία)] the age of active youth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.27)]; ἐλαφροί, οἱ, light troops, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 4.2.27)] (restricted to cavalry who fight at close quarters, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 1.3): _metaphorically_, πόλιας θῆκεν ἐλαφροτέρας)] made them easier in condition, [Refs (epigram Gr. 905 (from Gortyn).)] adverb -ρῶς nimbly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 217; ὀρχεῖσθαι πυρρίχην 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.1.12.)]
III metaphorically, light-minded, unsteady, fickle, πᾶν πλῆθός ἐστιν ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.56.11)]; ἐ. λύσσα light-headed madness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 851.)]
III.b gentle, mild, σφᾶς αὐτοὺς -οτάτους τοῖς συνοῦσι παρέχοντας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.31, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 360c.)]
III.2 small, ποταμός [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 16.17.7)]; of small power or strength, πόλεις [Refs ([prev. author] 5.62.6.)]
III.3 relieved of a burden, ψυχὴ ἐ. καὶ δι᾽ αὑτῆς [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.3.32.)]
IV Ἐλαφρός· Ζεὺς ἐν Κρήτῃ, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]