delicacy
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
fastidiousness: P. and V. τρυφή, ἡ, ἁβρότης, ἡ (Plato), χλιδή, ἡ (Plato).
effeminacy: P. μαλακία, ἡ.
fineness (of texture, etc.): P. λεπτότης, ἡ.
scruple: P. and V. ὄκνος, ὁ; see scruple.
tenderness, softness: P. ἁπαλότης, ἡ (Plato).
tact: P. φιλανθρωπία, ἡ.
weakness: P. and V. ἀσθένεια, ἡ (rare V.), P. ἀρρωστία, ἡ.
delicacies (in eating): P. εὐπαθεῖαι, αἱ (Plato, Republic 404D), P. and V. ὄψον, τό (Aesch., Fragment).