τρυφάω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(τρυφή) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">live softly, luxuriously, fare sumptuously</b>,, <b class="b3">ἐν ἀγκάλαις μητρὸς τρυφῆσαι</b>, of a child, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 1376</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ba.</span>969</span>; τ. ἐν ταῖς ἐσθῆσι <span class="bibl">Isoc.2.32</span>; τ. καὶ μεγαλοπρεπῶς διαιτᾶσθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ath.</span>1.11</span>; λευκὸς ἄνθρωπος, παχύς, ἀργός... εἰωθὼς τρυφᾶν <span class="bibl">Sosicr. 1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Jac.</span>5.5</span>, Gal.6.416, etc.; παῖσον, τρύφησον, ζῆσον· ἀποθανεῖν σε δεῖ <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>362.5 (Cotiaeum, ii/iii A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> part. <b class="b3">τρυφῶν</b> as Adj., [[effeminate]], [[luxurious]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>48</span>, etc.; τ. καὶ ἀμελής <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>901a</span>; τὸ τρυφῶν [[effeminacy]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1455</span> (lyr.); also of things, [[dainty]], [[delicate]], βασιλικὴ καὶ τρυφῶσα παιδεία <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>695d</span>; ἀσπίδα . . τρυφῶσαν <span class="bibl">Aristopho 14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Antiph.52.10</span> (troch.); ἄρτοι τ. <span class="bibl">Alc.Com.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">to be licentious, run riot, wax wanton</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>405</span>, etc.; [[to be extravagant]], opp. <b class="b3">γλίσχρως ζῆν</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1266b26</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[revel]] in, ἐν τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς τινος <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Si.</span>14.4</span>; [[delight]] in, <b class="b3">ἐν ἀγαθωσύνῃ σου</b> ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ne.</span>9.25</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">give oneself airs, be dainty, fastidious</b>, ἆρ' οὐ τρυφῶμεν .... οἷσιν οὐκ ἀρκεῖ τάδε; <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>214</span>; <b class="b3">τ. δ' ὁ δαίμων</b> [[is fickle]], ib.<span class="bibl">552</span>; ἐπειδή μοι δοκεῖς σὺ τρυφᾶν [[to hang back]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthphr.</span>11e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">La.</span>179d</span>, <span class="title">Alc.</span>1.114a; οἱ τρυφῶντες [[spoiled pets]], Id.<span class="title">Men.</span>76b; <b class="b3">ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις τ. καὶ κολακεύεσθαι</b>, of the people, <span class="bibl">D.8.34</span>; οὐκ ἀνεκτὸν εἶναι . . αἰχμάλωτον οὖσαν τρυφᾶν <span class="bibl">Id.19.197</span>; <b class="b3">τρυφῶσιν ἕτεροι πρὸς ἑτέρους</b>, of philosophers, <span class="bibl">Alex.221.14</span>; followed by a modifying clause, <b class="b3">νῦν δὲ τρυφᾷς διότι</b> . . <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>327e</span>; ἐν ταῖς . . ἑτέρων . . ἀτυχίαις τ. <span class="bibl">Euphro 12</span>; later, <b class="b3">τ. κατά τινος</b> [[make sport of]]... <span class="bibl">Him.<span class="title">Ecl.</span>12.2</span>.</span>