delicate
From LSJ
τίς γὰρ ἁδονᾶς ἄτερ θνατῶν βίος ποθεινὸς ἢ ποία τυραννίς; τᾶς ἄτερ οὐδὲ θεῶν ζηλωτὸς αἰών → What human life is desirable without pleasure, or what lordly power? Without it not even the life of the gods is enviable.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adj.
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 (Thesm. 93).
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dēlĭcāte: adv., v. the following,.
