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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

Examples

  • τῶν δὲ τυχὼν Ἑρμῆν καὶ Μούσασ ίλάσομ’ ἁγνὰσ οὐ δαπάναισ τρυφεραῖσ, ἀλλ’ ἀρεταῖσ ὁσίαισ. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 6)
  • ταῦτα λέγοντοσ ἔκλαυσεν ἀποψήσασα δὲ δάκρυ, ταῖσ τρυφεραῖσ ἡμᾶσ χερσὶν ὑπεξέβαλεν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 66 1:1)
  • καὶ κατὰ μὲν τὰσ ἐν τοῖσ πολέμοισ μάχασ ὅπλοισ αὐτὸν πολεμικοῖσ κεκοσμῆσθαι καὶ δοραῖσ παρδάλεων, κατὰ δὲ τὰσ ἐν εἰρήνῃ πανηγύρεισ καὶ ἑορτὰσ ἐσθῆσιν ἀνθειναῖσ καὶ κατὰ τὴν μαλακότητα τρυφεραῖσ χρῆσθαι. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 4 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. delicate

Related

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

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