Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τρυφή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τρυφή

Structure: τρυφ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: qru/ptw

Sense

  1. softness, delicacy, daintiness, luxuries, daintinesses
  2. luxuriousness, wantonness
  3. daintiness, insolence, fastidiousness

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εὐτυχοῦσι δὲ οἳ μὲν τάχ’, οἳ δ’ ἐσαῦθισ, οἳ δ’ ἤδη βροτῶν, τρυφᾷ δ’ ὁ δαίμων· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 5:3)
  • αὐτὸν δὲ τὸν δῆμον, ἵνα μὴ τρυφᾷ τηλικαύτησ ἔξουσίασ γενόμενοσ κύριοσ, μηδ’ ὑπὸ τῶν κακίστων ἐκδημαγωγούμενοσ τοῖσ κρατίστοισ πολεμῇ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 7, chapter 56 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. softness

  2. luxuriousness

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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