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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

  • οἱ τρυφεροί μου ἐπορεύθησαν ὁδοὺσ τραχείασ, ἤρθησαν ὡσ ποίμνιον ἡρπασμένον ὑπὸ ἐχθρῶν. ‐ (Septuagint, Liber Baruch 4:26)
  • ὁ δὲ πλοῦτοσ οἱο͂ν τιμή τισ τῆσ ἀξίασ τῶν ἄλλων, διὸ φαίνεται ὤνια ἅπαντα εἶναι αὐτοῦ, καὶ τρυφεροὶ καὶ σαλάκωνεσ, τρυφεροὶ μὲν διὰ τὴν τροφὴν καὶ τὴν ἔνδειξιν τῆσ εὐδαιμονίασ, σαλάκωνεσ δὲ καὶ σόλοικοι διὰ τὸ πάντασ εἰωθέναι διατρίβειν περὶ τὸ ἐρώμενον καὶ θαυμαζόμενον ὑπ’ αὐτῶν. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 16 1:3)

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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