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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

  • εὑρ́ισκε δὴ τῶν τε μελῶν οὔσασ διαφοράσ, αἳ ποιοῦσιν ἃ μὲν ἀξιωματικὰ φαίνεσθαι αὐτῶν ἃ δὲ γλαφυρά, ὥσπερ ἐν τοῖσ μουσικοῖσ ἔχει πρὸσ τὴν ἁρμονίαν τὸ χρῶμα, κἀν τοῖσ ῥυθμοῖσ δὲ τὸ παραπλήσιον γινόμενον, ὥστε τοὺσ μὲν ἀξιωματικοὺσ αὐτῶν φαίνεσθαι καὶ μεγαλοπρεπεῖσ, τοὺσ δὲ τρυφεροὺσ καὶ μαλακούσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 48 2:2)
  • ἀλλ̓ ὠστέον τοῦτον τὸν ἄνθρωπον εἰσ τοὺσ ἀλαζόνασ καὶ ἀνοήτουσ καὶ τρυφερούσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 14:1)
  • ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ τοὺσ μνηστῆρασ ἰχθύσιν ἑστιᾷ, σφόδρα ἀσελγεῖσ καὶ τρυφεροὺσ ὄντασ, καὶ ταῦτα ἐν Ἰθάκῃ ἑστιωμένουσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 58:3)

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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