A.“θρυφθήσομαι” Arr.An.4.19.2; “θρύψομαι” Ar. (v. infr. 11.2c), Luc.Symp. 4: aor. 1 “ἐθρύφθην” Arist. de An.419b26, (ὑπ-) dub. in AP5.293.15 (Agath.): aor. 2 ἐτρύφην [υ^] （δι-) Il.3.363, “ἐθρύβην” Dsc.5.123: pf. “τέθρυμμαι” Hp.Vict.2.48: (akin to θραύω):—break in pieces, break small, Pl.Cra.426e, A.Ag.1595; Νεῖλος βώλακα θ. Theoc.17.80:—Pass., to be broken small, “θρύπτεσθαι κερματιζόμενον ἀνάγκη πᾶν τὸ ὄν” Pl. Prm.165b, cf. AP12.61; χιόνος τὰ μάλιστα θρυφθησόμενα Arr.l.c.; of dried leguminous seeds, split, Thphr.HP8.11.3, cf. Sens.51; of air, to be dispersed, Arist.de An.l.c., Theo Sm.p.50 H.: the literal sense is more common in compds. ἀπο-, διαθρύπτω, etc.
II. metaph. in moral sense, enfeeble, esp. by debauchery and luxury, “θ. τὰν ψυχάν” Ti.Locr.103b; corrupt, [τινα] Pl.Lg.778a, Phld.Mus.p.79K.; “θ. τὰς ψυχὰς καὶ τὰ σώματα” Jul.Or.1.10c; [“οἱ κόλακες] ἀποκναίουσι τῶν κολακευομένων τὰ ὦτα θρύπτοντες” Ph.1.453; θ. ἑαυτόν,= θρύπτεσθαι (v. infr.), Ael.Ep.9.
2. more freq. in Pass., with fut. Med., to be enervated, unmanned, “μαλακίᾳ θρύπτεσθαι” X.Smp.8.8; “ἁπαλός τε καὶ τεθρυμμένος” Luc.Charid.4; θρύπτεται ἡ ὄψις is enfeebled, Plu.2.936f; οἱ τεθρυμμένοι τὰς ὄψεις weak-sighted people, A.D.Synt.199.5.
b. wanton, riot, ὅλην ἐκείνην εὐφρόνην ἐθρύπτετο f.l. in [S.]Fr.1127.9, cf. Luc.Pisc.31, Anach.29; display moral weakness, POxy.471.80 (ii A.D.); ἡδοναῖς ἀνάνδροις θ. Plu.2.751b; “ἐπὶ τῷ κάλλει” Phld.Hom.p.55 O.; ὄμμα θρυπτόμενον a languishing eye, AP5.286.8 (Agath.).
c. to be coy and prudish, bridle up, esp. when asked a favour, “θρύψομαι” Ar.Eq.1163; “ὡρᾳζομένη καὶ θρυπτομένη” Eup.358; ἁβρὰ καὶ θ. Charito 5.3; “ἐθρύπτετο ὡς οὐκ ἐπιθυμῶν λέγειν” Pl.Phdr.228c, cf. 236c, X.Smp.8.4; or when one pretends to decline an offer, Plu.Mar.14, Ant.12; θρύπτεσθαι πρός τινα give oneself airs to ward him, Id.Flam. 18, Luc.DMeretr.12.1.
d. grow conceited, τινι in or of a thing, AP 7.218.2 (Antip. Sid.); “ἐσθῆτι πολυτελεῖ” Ael.VH1.19, etc.; brag, Hld. 2.10.
