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.
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.
