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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

  • τί γὰρ εὔδαιμον καὶ μακαριστὸν μᾶλλον νῦν ἐστὶ δικαστοῦ, ἢ τρυφερώτερον ἢ δεινότερον ζῷον, καὶ ταῦτα γέροντοσ; (Aristophanes, Wasps, Agon, epirrheme2)
  • οἱο͂ν Λακύδην τὸν Ἀργείων βασιλέα κόμησ τισ διάθεσισ καὶ βάδισμα τρυφερώτερον εἰσ μαλακίαν διέβαλε, καὶ Πομπήιον τὸ ἑνὶ κνᾶσθαι τὴν κεφαλὴν δακτύλῳ πορρωτάτω θηλύτητοσ καὶ ἀκολασίασ ὄντα. (Plutarch, De capienda ex inimicis utilitate, chapter, section 6 9:1)
  • "διὰ τρυφὴν παραδείσουσ κατασκευασάμενοι καὶ κηπαίουσ αὐτοὺσ ποιήσαντεσ ἐσκιατροφοῦντο, τρυφερώτερον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 11 1:2)

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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