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λέγεις, ἃ δὲ λέγεις ἕνεκα τοῦ λαβεῖν λέγεις → you speak, but you say what you say for the sake of gain (Menander, fr. 776)

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[[soft]]: Ar. and P. [[μαλακός]], [[ἁπαλός]], V. [[ἁβρός]], [[τέρην]], Ar. and V. [[μαλθακός]].
[[soft]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[μαλακός]], [[ἁπαλός]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἁβρός]], [[τέρην]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μαλθακός]].


[[fastidious]]<: Ar. and P. [[τρυφερός]].
[[fastidious]]<: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[τρυφερός]].


<b class="b2">Be delicate, fastidious</b>, v.: P. and V. τρυφᾶν, V. ἁβρύνεσθαι.
[[be delicate]], [[fastidious]], v.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τρυφᾶν]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἁβρύνεσθαι]].


[[fine]] (of texture), adj.: P. and V. [[λεπτός]].
[[fine]] (of texture), adj.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[λεπτός]].


[[weak]]: P. and V. [[ἀσθενής]].
[[weak]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀσθενής]].


<b class="b2">Be delicate</b>, v.: P. and V. ἀσθενεῖν.
[[be delicate]], v.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀσθενεῖν]].


<b class="b2">Causing scruples</b>, adj.: P. and V. [[ἐνθύμιος]].
[[causing scruples]], adj.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐνθύμιος]].


[[pretty]], [[elegant]]: P. and V. [[κομψός]].
[[pretty]], [[elegant]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κομψός]].


[[tactful]]: Ar. and P. [[ἐμμελής]].
[[tactful]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐμμελής]].


[[kind]]: P. and V. [[φιλάνθρωπος]].
[[kind]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[φιλάνθρωπος]].


<b class="b2">The matter is a delicate one</b>: Ar. τὸ [[πρᾶγμα]] κομψόν (''Thesm.'' 93).
[[the matter is a delicate one]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[τὸ πρᾶγμα κομψόν]] (''[[Thesmophoriazusae]]'' 93).
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Latest revision as of 12:00, 19 October 2022

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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adjective

soft: Ar. and P. μαλακός, ἁπαλός, V. ἁβρός, τέρην, Ar. and V. μαλθακός.

fastidious<: Ar. and P. τρυφερός.

be delicate, fastidious, v.: P. and V. τρυφᾶν, V. ἁβρύνεσθαι.

fine (of texture), adj.: P. and V. λεπτός.

weak: P. and V. ἀσθενής.

be delicate, v.: P. and V. ἀσθενεῖν.

causing scruples, adj.: P. and V. ἐνθύμιος.

pretty, elegant: P. and V. κομψός.

tactful: Ar. and P. ἐμμελής.

kind: P. and V. φιλάνθρωπος.

the matter is a delicate one: Ar. τὸ πρᾶγμα κομψόν (Thesmophoriazusae 93).

Latin > English

delicate delicatius, delicatissime ADV :: delicately/tenderly/gently; luxuriously; frivolously; fastidiously; effeminately

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dēlĭcāte: adv., v. the following,.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dēlĭcātē¹³ (delicatus), délicatement, voluptueusement : Cic. Off. 1, 106 ; de Or. 3, 63 || avec douceur, délicatesse : delicatius Sen. Ira 3, 9, 1, avec quelque délicatesse || nonchalamment, mollement : Suet. Cal. 43.

Latin > German (Georges)

dēlicātē, Adv. m. Compar. (delicatus), reizend, elegant, galant, fein, zart, luxuriös, üppig, dah. auch gemächlich, bequem, multa delicate iocoseque fecit, Nep.: d. ac molliter vivere, Cic.: insternere d. arceram, Gell.: d. conficere iter, Suet. – (iracundus) mollius delicatiusque tractetur, etwas zart, Sen.: edendum delicatius, Treb. Poll.