τρυφερός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ά, όν,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[delicate]], [[dainty]], [[αὐχήν]] Batr.66; [[πλόκαμος]] E.''Ba.'' 150 (lyr.); [[χεῖρες]], [[χρώς]], [[σάρξ]], ''AP''5.65 (Rufin.), 150 (Mel.), 12.136; of a [[soft]] [[material]], ''BGU''1080.19 (iii A. D.); of [[almond]]s, 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 τρυφερόν]] = [[dainty softness]], Ar.''Ec.''901 (lyr.); Θεσσαλικὸς δὲ [[θρόνος]], γυίων τρυφερωτάτη [[ἕδρα]] Critias 2; ὀθόνια Sor. 1.49; [[τελαμών|τελαμῶνες]] ib.83; φύλλα τρυφερώτερα Dsc.2.161:—[[τρυφερόν]], τό, name of a [[medicine]], Gal. 12.757, cf. 844.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of persons, their [[life]] and [[habit]]s, [[effeminate]], [[luxurious]], [[voluptuous]], Ar.''V.''551 (Comp.), etc.; ἡ τ. Ἰωνία Call.Com.5 (anap.); ἡ τ. [[Λέσβος]] Antiph.174.5 (lyr.); τ. βίῳ σύνεστιν Men.''Kith.Fr.''1.9; τ. τρόποι Pl.Com.178: [[τὸ τρυφερόν]] = [[effeminacy]], ἐς τὸ τρυφερώτερον μετέστησαν Th.1.6. Adv., [[ἀκολάστως]] καὶ [[τρυφερῶς]] [[ζῆν]] Arist. ''Pol.''1269b23: neut. as adverb, [[τρυφερόν]] τι διασαλακώνισον [[voluptuously]], Ar.''V.''1169; [[τρυφερόν]] [[καλέειν]] = [[call]] [[softly]], Theoc.20.7, cf. 21.18: Comp. [[τρυφερώτερον]] = [[more wantonly]], D.C.60.31.