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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

  • Οἱ ἔσθοντεσ τὰσ τρυφὰσ ἠφανίσθησαν ἐν ταῖσ ἐξόδοισ, οἱ τιθηνούμενοι ἐπὶ κόκκων περιεβάλλοντο κοπρίασ. (Septuagint, Lamentationes 4:5)
  • τρυφάσ γε τοιάσδε. (Euripides, episode 1:29)
  • ὑβρισταὶ μὲν εὐτυχοῦντεσ ἀμφότεροι, καὶ πρὸσ τρυφὰσ ἀνειμένοι καὶ ἀπολαύσεισ. (Plutarch, Comparison of Demetrius and Antony, chapter 3 1:1)
  • καὶ οὗ τισ ἂν ἥκιστα τὰσ τοιαύτασ τρυφὰσ καὶ ἀπολαύσεισ οἰοίτο μετέχειν κακοῦ, τῆσ ὠμότητοσ, τοῦτο ἔνεστι τῇ Δημητρίου φιληδονίᾳ, περιϊδόντοσ, μᾶλλον δὲ ἀναγκάσαντοσ, οἰκτρῶσ ἀποθανεῖν τὸν κάλλιστον καὶ σωφρονέστατον Ἀθηναίων, φεύγοντα τὸ καθυβρισθῆναι. (Plutarch, Comparison of Demetrius and Antony, chapter 4 3:1)
  • τρυφὰσ γὰρ ἥκει δεῦρ’ ἔχουσα Τρωικάσ; (Euripides, episode, anapests 4:14)

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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