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τρυφερός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τρυφερός τρυφερή τρυφερόν

Structure: τρυφερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: trufh/

Sense

  1. delicate, dainty
  2. effeminate, luxurious, voluptuous, effeminacy, to more effeminate habits, voluptuously, softly

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative τρυφερός τρυφερᾱ́ τρυφερόν
Genitive τρυφεροῦ τρυφερᾶς τρυφεροῦ
Dative τρυφερῷ τρυφερᾷ τρυφερῷ
Accusative τρυφερόν τρυφερᾱ́ν τρυφερόν
Vocative τρυφερέ τρυφερᾱ́ τρυφερόν
DualN/A/V τρυφερώ τρυφερᾱ́ τρυφερώ
G/D τρυφεροῖν τρυφεραῖν τρυφεροῖν
PluralNominative τρυφεροί τρυφεραί τρυφερά
Genitive τρυφερῶν τρυφερῶν τρυφερῶν
Dative τρυφεροῖς τρυφεραῖς τρυφεροῖς
Accusative τρυφερούς τρυφερᾱ́ς τρυφερά
Vocative τρυφεροί τρυφεραί τρυφερά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective τρυφερός τρυφεροῦ τρυφερώτερος τρυφερωτεροῦ τρυφερώτατος τρυφερωτατοῦ
Adverb τρυφερώς τρυφερώτερον τρυφερώτατα

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

  • ἐν θαλάμῳ μαλακῶσ κατακείμενον ἐν δὲ κύκλῳ νιν παρθενικαὶ τρυφεραί,1 χλιδαναὶ μάλα καὶ κατάθρυπτοι, τὸνπόδ’ ἀμαρακίνοισι μύροισ τρίψουσι τὸν ἐμόν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 785)
  • εἰ καί σοι τριχόφοιτοσ ἐπεσκίρτησεν ἰούλοσ, καὶ τρυφεραὶ κροτάφων ξανθοφυεῖσ ἕλικεσ, οὐδ’ οὕτω φεύγω τὸν ἐρώμενον ἀλλὰ τὸ κάλλοσ τούτου, κἂν πώγων, κἂν τρίχεσ, ἡμέτερον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 101)

Synonyms

  1. delicate

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

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