delicate, dainty,
τρῠφερός,ά,όν,
A. delicate, dainty,
αὐχήν
Batr. 66
; πλόκαμος
E. Ba. 150
(lyr.);χεῖρες, χρώς, σάρξ,
AP 5.65 ( Rufin. ), 150 ( Mel. ), 12.136 ; of asoftmaterial, BGU 1080.19
(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
;τελαμῶνεςib. 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. asAdv., τρυφερόν τι διασαλακώνισον voluptuously,
Ar. V. 1169
;τ. καλέεινcallsoftly,
Theoc. 20.7 , cf. 21.18 : Comp.
-ώτερον more wantonly,
D.C. 60.31
.
