τρύφαξ

τρύφαξ [ῠ], ᾰκος, ὁ,

A a wanton, debauchee, Hippod. ap. Stob.4.1.95.

τρύφαξ

a wanton: masc nom /voc pl

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `break in pieces, corrupt, enfeeble, med. `be coy and prudish, bridle up, to be enervated, unmanned' (IA).

Other forms: Aor. θρύψαι, pass. τρυφῆναι (Il.), later θρυφθῆναι (Arist.), θρυβῆναι (Dsc.), perf. med. τέθρυμμαι,

Compounds: also with prefix, e. g. δια-, ἐν-,

Derivatives: 1. τρύφος n. `fragment' (δ 508, Hdt., Pherecr. a. o.). 2. τρυφή `softness, luxuriousness, wantonness' (Att.); with τρυφερός `soft, wanton' (Att.; after θαλερός, γλυκερός a. o.) with τρυφερότης (Arist.); τρυφηλός `id.' (AP); τρυφαλίς = τροφαλίς and transformations of it (Luc.); τρύφαξ `wanton, debauchee' (Hippod.); denomin. verb τρυφάω, also with prefix, e. g. ἐν-, with ἐντρυφής = τρυφερός (Man.), `live softly, luxurious, be wanton' (Att.) with τρύφημα `wantonness, luxuries', also concrete (E., Ar.), τρυφητής `voluptuary' (D. S.). 3. θρύμμα `fragment' (Hp., Ar.) with θρυμματίς f. kind of cake (middl. Com.), perh. also θρυμίς ἰχθῦς ποιός H. 4. θρύψις `break in pieces, softness, debauchary' (X., Arist.) with θρύψιχος = τρυφερός (Theognost., H.), after μείλιχος (Chantraine Formation 404). 5. From the present: θρυπτικός `mellow, crumbling' (Gal., Dsc.), `softness' (X., D. C.), θρύπτακον κλάσμα ἄρτου. Κρῆτες H.

Origin: Sub. Eur.

Etymology: θρύπτω can continue IE *dhrubh-i̯ō and agree with Baltic, Latv. drubaža `piece, fragmant', drubazas `splinter'. Also OS drūƀōn, drūvōn `be sad' may agree, as is OIr. drucht `drip', PCelt. * drub-tu-. Latvian has forms in p, e. g. drup-u, drup-t `crumble'. Also in Germanic, e. g. ONo. drjūpa `drip' (with dropi m. `drop'), of which the p however, if old, must go back on IE b, "eine ganz unwahrscheinliche Annahme" (Frisk); rather it is an innovation of one language. - Pok. 274f. - After θρύπτω prob. δρύπτω, s. v. We have here prob. a non-IE substratum word from Europe, of the type dicussed by Kuiper, NOWELE 25 (1995) 68-72.

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