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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

  • Συρίασ δ’ ὡσ λιβάνου κα‐ πνὸν ὁ Βακχεὺσ ἀνέχων πυρσώδη φλόγα πεύκασ ἐκ νάρθηκοσ ἀίσσει δρόμῳ καὶ χοροῖσιν πλανάτασ ἐρεθίζων ἰαχαῖσ τ’ ἀναπάλλων, τρυφερόν <τε> πλόκαμον εἰσ αἰθέρα ῥίπτων. (Euripides, choral, epode3)
  • τὸ τρυφερὸν γὰρ ἐμπέφυκε τοῖσ ἁπαλοῖσι μηροῖσ κἀπὶ τοῖσ μήλοισ ἐπανθεῖ· (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Lyric-Scene, strophe 12)
  • εἶτα πλουσίωσ ὡδὶ προβὰσ τρυφερόν τι διασαλακώνισον. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode46)
  • καὶ Ἀλκίνουσ δὲ ὁ τὸν τρυφερὸν ᾑρημένοσ βίον τοὺσ τρυφερωτάτουσ ἑστιῶν Φαίακασ καὶ τὸν Ὀδυσσέα ξενίζων, ἐπιδεικνύμενοσ αὐτῷ τὴν τοῦ κήπου κατασκευὴν καὶ τῆσ οἰκίασ καὶ τὸν αὑτοῦ βίον, τοιαύτασ παρατίθεται τραπέζασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 15 2:5)
  • Ἐλπήνορα δὲ πάροινον ὄντα καὶ τρυφερὸν κατακρημνίζει . (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 18 2:3)

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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