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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

  • τέλοσ ἦν οὐ χρυσὸσ ὑπὸ μυρίων καμήλων περικομιζόμενοσ οὐδὲ τρυφαὶ Μηδικαὶ καὶ τράπεζαι καὶ γυναῖκεσ οὐδὲ Χαλυβώνιοσ οἶνοσ οὐδ’ Ὑρκανικοὶ ἰχθύεσ, ἀλλ’ ἑνὶ κόσμῳ κοσμήσαντα πάντασ ἀνθρώπουσ μιᾶσ ὑπηκόουσ ἡγεμονίασ; (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 11 4:1)
  • Ἀλεξάνδρῳ δ’ ἐπέταττε ἡ Ἀρετὴ τὸν βασιλικὸν καὶ θεῖον ἆθλον, οὗ τέλοσ ἦν οὐ χρυσὸσ ὑπὸ μυρίων καμήλων περικομιζόμενοσ οὐδὲ τρυφαὶ Μηδικαὶ καὶ τράπεζαι καὶ γυναῖκεσ οὐδὲ Χαλυβώνιοσ οἶνοσ οὐδ’ Ὑρκανικοὶ ἰχθύεσ, ἀλλ’ ἑνὶ κόσμῳ κοσμήσαντα πάντασ ἀνθρώπουσ μιᾶσ ὑπηκόουσ ἡγεμονίασ καὶ μιᾶσ ἐθάδασ διαίτησ καταστῆσαι. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 11 1:2)

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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