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English (LSJ)
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A delicate, dainty, αὐχήν Batr.66; πλόκαμος E.Ba. 150 (lyr.); χεῖρες, χρώς, σάρξ, AP5.65 (Rufin.), 150 (Mel.), 12.136; of a soft material, BGU1080.19 (iii A. D.); of almonds, Arist.Fr.277; of fish, tender, soft-fleshed, Xenocr. ap. Orib.2.58.5 (Comp.), Sor.2.15 (Comp.); of an infant, Id.1.82: τὸ τ. dainty softness, Ar.Ec.901 (lyr.); Θεσσαλικὸς δὲ θρόνος, γυίων -ωτάτη ἕδρα Critias 2; ὀθόνια Sor. 1.49; τελαμῶνες ib.83; φύλλα -ώτερα Dsc.2.161:—τρυφερόν, τό, name of a medicine, Gal. 12.757, cf. 844. II of persons, their life and habits, effeminate, luxurious, voluptuous, Ar.V.551 (Comp.), etc.; ἡ τ. Ἰωνία Call.Com.5 (anap.); ἡ τ. Αέσβος Antiph.174.5 (lyr.); τ. βίῳ σύνεστιν Men.Kith.Fr.1.9; τ. τρόποι Pl.Com.178: τὸ τ. effeminacy, ἐς τὸ -ώτερον μετέστησαν Th.1.6. Adv., ἀκολάστως καὶ -ρῶς ζην Arist. Pol.1269b23: neut. as Adv., τρυφερόν τι διασαλακώνισον voluptuously, Ar.V.1169; τ. καλέειν call softly, Theoc.20.7, cf. 21.18: Comp. -ώτερον more wantonly, D.C.60.31.