τρυφάω

τρῠφάω, ([etym.] τρυφή)

A live softly, luxuriously, fare sumptuously,, ἐν ἀγκάλαις μητρὸς τρυφῆσαι, of a child, E.Ion 1376, cf. Ba.969;

τ. ἐν ταῖς ἐσθῆσι Isoc.2.32

;

τ. καὶ μεγαλοπρεπῶς διαιτᾶσθαι X.Ath.1.11

;

λευκὸς ἄνθρωπος, παχύς, ἀργός . . , εἰωθὼς τρυφᾶν Sosicr. 1

, cf. Ep.Jac.5.5, Gal.6.416, etc.;

παῖσον, τρύφησον, ζῆσον· ἀποθανεῖν σε δεῖ Epigr.Gr.362.5

(Cotiaeum, ii/iii A. D.).

2 part. τρυφῶν as Adj., effeminate, luxurious, Ar.Nu.48, etc.;

τ. καὶ ἀμελής Pl.Lg.901a

;

τὸ τρυφῶν

effeminacy,

Ar.V.1455

(lyr.); also of things, dainty, delicate,

βασιλικὴ καὶ τρυφῶσα παιδεία Pl.Lg.695d

;

ἀσπίδα . . τρυφῶσαν Aristopho 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.

2 revel in,

ἐν τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς τινος LXXSi.14.4

; delight in, ἐν ἀγαθωσύνῃ σου ib.Ne.9.25.

III give oneself airs, be dainty, fastidious,

ἆρ' οὐ τρυφῶμεν . . . , οἷσιν οὐκ ἀρκεῖ τάδε; E.Supp.214

; τ. δ' ὁ δαίμων is fickle, ib.552;

ἐπειδή μοι δοκεῖς σὺ τρυφᾶν

to hang back,

Pl.Euthphr.11e

, cf. La.179d, Alc.1.114a;

οἱ τρυφῶντες

spoiled pets,

Id.Men.76b

; ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις τ. καὶ κολακεύεσθαι, of the people, D.8.34;

οὐκ ἀνεκτὸν εἶναι . . αἰχμάλωτον οὖσαν τρυφᾶν Id.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.