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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

  • ὁ ἁπαλὸσ ὁ ἐν σοὶ καὶ ὁ τρυφερὸσ σφόδρα βασκανεῖ τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ τὸν ἀδελφὸν καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα τὴν ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ καταλελειμμένα τέκνα, ἃ ἂν καταλειφθῇ αὐτῷ, (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 28:54)
  • "ἐστὶ δὲ λίαν κοῦφοσ καὶ τρυφερόσ, ὁ Μασσαλιήτησ καλόσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 4835)
  • ἔτι δ’ ὁ μὲν μηδεμίαν ὑπομένων λύπην, μηδ’ εἰ βέλτιον, τρυφερόσ, ὁ δὲ πᾶσαν ὁμοίωσ ὡσ μὲν ἁπλῶσ εἰπεῖν ἀνώνυμοσ, μεταφορᾷ δὲ λέγεται σκληρὸσ καὶ ταλαίπωροσ καὶ κακοπαθητικόσ· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 60:3)
  • ὁ τρυφερὸσ Διόδωροσ ἐσ ἠιθέουσ φλόγα βάλλων ἤγρευται λαμυροῖσ ὄμμασι Τιμαρίου, τὸ γλυκύπικρον Ἔρωτοσ ἔχων βέλοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 1091)
  • ἤδη ἐπὶ στρατιῆσ ὁρμᾷσ, ἔτι παῖσ ἀδαὴσ ὢν καὶ τρυφερόσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 2171)

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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