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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

  • ἐν θαλάμῳ μαλακῶσ κατακείμενον ἐν δὲ κύκλῳ νιν παρθενικαὶ τρυφεραί,1 χλιδαναὶ μάλα καὶ κατάθρυπτοι, τὸνπόδ’ ἀμαρακίνοισι μύροισ τρίψουσι τὸν ἐμόν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 785)
  • εἰ καί σοι τριχόφοιτοσ ἐπεσκίρτησεν ἰούλοσ, καὶ τρυφεραὶ κροτάφων ξανθοφυεῖσ ἕλικεσ, οὐδ’ οὕτω φεύγω τὸν ἐρώμενον ἀλλὰ τὸ κάλλοσ τούτου, κἂν πώγων, κἂν τρίχεσ, ἡμέτερον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 101)

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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