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τρυφάω

α-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τρυφάω τρυφήσω

Structure: τρυφά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: trufh/

Sense

  1. to live softly, delicately, luxuriously, to fare sumptuously, delicate, effeminate, luxurious, voluptuous, effeminacy
  2. to be licentious, revel, run riot, wax wanton, to be extravagant
  3. to give oneself airs, be fastidious

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular τρύφω τρύφᾳς τρύφᾳ
Dual τρύφᾱτον τρύφᾱτον
Plural τρύφωμεν τρύφᾱτε τρύφωσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular τρύφω τρύφῃς τρύφῃ
Dual τρύφητον τρύφητον
Plural τρύφωμεν τρύφητε τρύφωσιν*
OptativeSingular τρύφῳμι τρύφῳς τρύφῳ
Dual τρύφῳτον τρυφῷτην
Plural τρύφῳμεν τρύφῳτε τρύφῳεν
ImperativeSingular τρῦφᾱ τρυφᾶτω
Dual τρύφᾱτον τρυφᾶτων
Plural τρύφᾱτε τρυφῶντων, τρυφᾶτωσαν
Infinitive τρύφᾱν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
τρυφων τρυφωντος τρυφωσα τρυφωσης τρυφων τρυφωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular τρύφωμαι τρύφᾳ τρύφᾱται
Dual τρύφᾱσθον τρύφᾱσθον
Plural τρυφῶμεθα τρύφᾱσθε τρύφωνται
SubjunctiveSingular τρύφωμαι τρύφῃ τρύφηται
Dual τρύφησθον τρύφησθον
Plural τρυφώμεθα τρύφησθε τρύφωνται
OptativeSingular τρυφῷμην τρύφῳο τρύφῳτο
Dual τρύφῳσθον τρυφῷσθην
Plural τρυφῷμεθα τρύφῳσθε τρύφῳντο
ImperativeSingular τρύφω τρυφᾶσθω
Dual τρύφᾱσθον τρυφᾶσθων
Plural τρύφᾱσθε τρυφᾶσθων, τρυφᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive τρύφᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
τρυφωμενος τρυφωμενου τρυφωμενη τρυφωμενης τρυφωμενον τρυφωμενου

Future tense

Imperfect tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ ἐν τῷ τῶν Ἐπικουρείων βίῳ γενόμενοσ αὖθισ παρὰ τῇ Καλυψοῖ, ὅτε αὐτῷ ὑπῆρχεν ἐν ἀργίᾳ τε βιοτεύειν καὶ τρυφᾶν καὶ βινεῖν τὴν Ἄτλαντοσ θυγατέρα καὶ κινεῖν πάσασ τὰσ λείασ κινήσεισ, . (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 10:8)
  • παρὰ πόδασ τοιγαροῦν τῆσ λιχνείασ ταύτησ τἀπίχειρα, καὶ ὥσπερ οἱ πίθηκοι δεθεὶσ κλοιῷ τὸν τράχηλον ἄλλοισ μὲν γέλωτα παρέχεισ, σεαυτῷ δὲ δοκεῖσ τρυφᾶν, ὅτι ἔστι σοι τῶν ἰσχάδων ἀφθόνωσ ἐντραγεῖν. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 24:8)
  • καὶ τρυφᾶν μ’ ἀναγκάσεισ. (Euripides, episode 1:28)
  • ὅταν γὰρ αὐτοὶ ξυμπονηρευώμεθα ταῖσιν γυναιξὶ καὶ διδάσκωμεν τρυφᾶν, τοιαῦτ’ ἀπ’ αὐτῶν βλαστάνει βουλεύματα. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Episode9)
  • ἐγεγράφειν μὲν ἤδη σοι καὶ πρότερον δηλῶν ἐν οἷσ εἰήν καὶ ὡσ ὑπὸ πενίασ κινδυνεύοιμι μόνοσ ἄμοιροσ εἶναι τῆσ ἑορτῆσ, ἣν ἐπήγγελκασ, ἔτι καὶ τοῦτο προσθεὶσ ‐ μέμνημαι γάρ ‐ ἀλογώτατον εἶναι τοὺσ μὲν ἡμῶν ὑπερπλουτεῖν καὶ τρυφᾶν δὐ κοινωνοῦντασ ὧν ἔχουσι τοῖσ πενεστέροισ, τοὺσ δὲ λιμῷ διαφθείρεσθαι, καὶ ταῦτα Κρονίων ἐνεστώτων· (Lucian, Saturnalia, letter 1 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. to be licentious

  2. to give oneself airs

Derived

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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