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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From θρύπτω (thrúptō, “to break in pieces”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trý.pʰos/ → /ˈtry.ɸos/ → /ˈtri.fos/
Noun
τρῠ́φος • (trúphos) n (genitive τρῠ́φεος); third declension
- that which is broken off, fragment, morsel
Inflection
Further reading
- “τρύφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τρύφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “τρύφος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- τρύφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- τρύφος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963