A.delicate, dainty, “αὐχήν” Batr.66; “πλόκαμος” E.Ba. 150 (lyr.); χεῖρες, χρώς, σάρξ, AP5.65 (Rufin.), 150 (Mel.), 12.136; of a soft material, BGU1080.19 (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; τελαμῶνες ib.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. as Adv., “τρυφερόν τι διασαλακώνισον” voluptuously, Ar.V.1169; τ. καλέειν call softly, Theoc.20.7, cf. 21.18: Comp. “-ώτερον” more wantonly, D.C.60.31.
