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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]]. | ||
[[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]]. | ||
[[be delicate]], v.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀσθενεῖν]]. | |||
[[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]]. | ||
[[the matter is a delicate one]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[τὸ πρᾶγμα κομψόν]] (''[[Thesmophoriazusae]]'' 93). | |||
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
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.
be delicate, v.: P. and V. ἀσθενεῖν.
causing scruples, adj.: P. and V. ἐνθύμιος.
pretty, elegant: P. and V. κομψός.
kind: P. and V. φιλάνθρωπος.
the matter is a delicate one: Ar. τὸ πρᾶγμα κομψόν (Thesmophoriazusae 93).
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.
Latin > English
delicate delicatius, delicatissime ADV :: delicately/tenderly/gently; luxuriously; frivolously; fastidiously; effeminately
