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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

  • περὶ δὲ τοῦ καλοῦ Ἀλκιβιάδου Σάτυροσ ἱστορῶν λέγεται, φησίν, ὅτι ἐν Ιὠνίᾳ μὲν ὢν Ιὤνων ἐφαίνετο τρυφερώτεροσ, ἐν Θήβαισ δὲ σωμασκῶν καὶ γυμναζόμενοσ τῶν Θηβαίων αὐτῶν μᾶλλον Βοιώτιοσ, ἐν Θετταλίᾳ δὲ ἱπποτροφῶν καὶ ἡνιοχῶν τῶν Ἀλευαδῶν ἱππικώτεροσ, ἐν Σπάρτῃ δὲ καρτερίαν καὶ ἀφέλειαν ἐπιτηδεύων ἐνίκα τοὺσ Λάκωνασ, ὑπερῆρεν δὲ καὶ τὴν τῶν Θρᾳκῶν ἀκρατοποσίαν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 471)

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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