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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

  • τούτου τοῦ ἰχθύοσ μέροσ ἐστὶ καὶ ὁ ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων καλούμενοσ θυρσίων, ἥδιστοσ ὢν καὶ τρυφερώτατοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 85 4:2)

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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