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τρυ^φάω , (τρυφή)
2. part. τρυφῶν as Adj., effeminate, luxurious, Ar.Nu.48, etc.; “τ. καὶ ἀμελήςPl.Lg.901a; “τὸ τρυφῶνeffeminacy, Ar.V.1455 (lyr.); also of things, dainty, delicate,βασιλικὴ καὶ τρυφῶσα παιδείαPl.Lg.695d; “ἀσπίδα . . τρυφῶσανAristopho 14, cf. Antiph.52.10 (troch.); “ἄρτοι τ.Alc.Com.5.
II. to be licentious, run riot, wax wanton, Ar.Lys.405, etc.; to be extravagant, opp. γλίσχρως ζῆν, Arist.Pol.1266b26.
III. give oneself airs, be dainty, fastidious,ἆρ᾽ οὐ τρυφῶμεν . . . , οἷσιν οὐκ ἀρκεῖ τάδε;E.Supp.214; τ. δ᾽ δαίμων is fickle, ib.552; “ἐπειδή μοι δοκεῖς σὺ τρυφᾶνto hang back, Pl.Euthphr.11e, cf. La.179d, Alc.1.114a; “οἱ τρυφῶντεςspoiled pets, Id.Men.76b; ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις τ. καὶ κολακεύεσθαι, of the people, D.8.34; “οὐκ ἀνεκτὸν εἶναι . . αἰχμάλωτον οὖσαν τρυφᾶνId.19.197; τρυφῶσιν ἕτεροι πρὸς ἑτέρους, of philosophers, Alex.221.14; followed by a modifying clause, νῦν δὲ τρυφᾷς διότι . . Pl.Prt.327e; “ἐν ταῖς . . ἑτέρων . . ἀτυχίαις τ.Euphro 12; later, τ. κατά τινος make sport of . . , Him.Ecl.12.2.
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    • Euripides, Suppliants, 552
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    • Isocrates, To Nicocles, 32
    • Old Testament, 2 Esdras, 9.25
    • Pseudo Xenophon, Constitution of the Athenians, 1.11
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    • Plato, Protagoras, 327e
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    • New Testament, James, 5.5
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