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 • (trupherós) 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 trupherós	τρῠφερᾱ́ trupherā́	τρῠφερόν trupherón		τρῠφερώ trupherṓ	τρῠφερᾱ́ trupherā́	τρῠφερώ trupherṓ		τρῠφεροί trupheroí	τρῠφεραί trupheraí	τρῠφερᾰ́ trupherá
Genitive		τρῠφεροῦ trupheroû	τρῠφερᾶς trupherâs	τρῠφεροῦ trupheroû		τρῠφεροῖν trupheroîn	τρῠφεραῖν trupheraîn	τρῠφεροῖν trupheroîn		τρῠφερῶν trupherôn	τρῠφερῶν trupherôn	τρῠφερῶν trupherôn
Dative		τρῠφερῷ trupherôi	τρῠφερᾷ trupherâi	τρῠφερῷ trupherôi		τρῠφεροῖν trupheroîn	τρῠφεραῖν trupheraîn	τρῠφεροῖν trupheroîn		τρῠφεροῖς trupheroîs	τρῠφεραῖς trupheraîs	τρῠφεροῖς trupheroîs
Accusative		τρῠφερόν trupherón	τρῠφερᾱ́ν trupherā́n	τρῠφερόν trupherón		τρῠφερώ trupherṓ	τρῠφερᾱ́ trupherā́	τρῠφερώ trupherṓ		τρῠφερούς trupheroús	τρῠφερᾱ́ς trupherā́s	τρῠφερᾰ́ trupherá
Vocative		τρῠφερέ trupheré	τρῠφερᾱ́ trupherā́	τρῠφερόν trupherón		τρῠφερώ trupherṓ	τρῠφερᾱ́ trupherā́	τρῠφερώ trupherṓ		τρῠφεροί trupheroí	τρῠφεραί trupheraí	τρῠφερᾰ́ trupherá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		τρῠφερῶς trupherôs				τρῠφερώτερος trupherṓteros				τρῠφερώτᾰτος trupherṓtatos
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.