τρυφερός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /try.pʰe.rós/ → /try.ɸeˈros/ → /tri.feˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /try.pʰe.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /try.pʰeˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /try.ɸeˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /try.feˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tri.feˈros/

Adjective

τρῠφερός • (trŭpherós) m (feminine τρῠφερᾱ́, neuter τρῠφερόν); first/second declension

1. delicate, dainty

Declension

First and second declension of τρῠφερός; τρῠφερᾱ́; τρῠφερόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τρῠφερός trŭpherós	τρῠφερᾱ́ trŭpherā́	τρῠφερόν trŭpherón		τρῠφερώ trŭpherṓ	τρῠφερᾱ́ trŭpherā́	τρῠφερώ trŭpherṓ		τρῠφεροί trŭpheroí	τρῠφεραί trŭpheraí	τρῠφερᾰ́ trŭpherắ
Genitive		τρῠφεροῦ trŭpheroû	τρῠφερᾶς trŭpherâs	τρῠφεροῦ trŭpheroû		τρῠφεροῖν trŭpheroîn	τρῠφεραῖν trŭpheraîn	τρῠφεροῖν trŭpheroîn		τρῠφερῶν trŭpherôn	τρῠφερῶν trŭpherôn	τρῠφερῶν trŭpherôn
Dative		τρῠφερῷ trŭpherôi	τρῠφερᾷ trŭpherâi	τρῠφερῷ trŭpherôi		τρῠφεροῖν trŭpheroîn	τρῠφεραῖν trŭpheraîn	τρῠφεροῖν trŭpheroîn		τρῠφεροῖς trŭpheroîs	τρῠφεραῖς trŭpheraîs	τρῠφεροῖς trŭpheroîs
Accusative		τρῠφερόν trŭpherón	τρῠφερᾱ́ν trŭpherā́n	τρῠφερόν trŭpherón		τρῠφερώ trŭpherṓ	τρῠφερᾱ́ trŭpherā́	τρῠφερώ trŭpherṓ		τρῠφερούς trŭpheroús	τρῠφερᾱ́ς trŭpherā́s	τρῠφερᾰ́ trŭpherắ
Vocative		τρῠφερέ trŭpheré	τρῠφερᾱ́ trŭpherā́	τρῠφερόν trŭpherón		τρῠφερώ trŭpherṓ	τρῠφερᾱ́ trŭpherā́	τρῠφερώ trŭpherṓ		τρῠφεροί trŭpheroí	τρῠφεραί trŭpheraí	τρῠφερᾰ́ trŭpherắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		τρῠφερῶς trŭpherôs				τρῠφερώτερος trŭpherṓteros				τρῠφερώτᾰτος trŭpherṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• τρυφερός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “τρυφερός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • affected idem, page 16.
  • dainty idem, page 193.
  • delicate idem, page 207.
  • dissipated idem, page 239.
  • dissolute idem, page 240.
  • effeminate idem, page 262.
  • elegant idem, page 265.
  • exquisite idem, page 296.
  • fanciful idem, page 306.
  • fastidious idem, page 309.
  • finical idem, page 321.
  • gay idem, page 355.
  • giddy idem, page 359.
  • lax idem, page 480.
  • luxurious idem, page 506.
  • mincing idem, page 529.
  • nice idem, page 557.
  • pampered idem, page 590.
  • self-indulgent idem, page 751.
  • sensual idem, page 753.
  • sensualist idem, page 753.
  • simpering idem, page 776.
  • soft idem, page 791.
  • sumptuous idem, page 837.
  • sybarite idem, page 850.
  • unmanly idem, page 925.
  • voluptuary idem, page 957.
  • voluptuous idem, page 957.
  • wanton idem, page 961.
  • womanish idem, page 986.