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“softness, delicacy”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Tryphosa is a feminine given name documented in English. English Wiktionary traces it to Ancient Greek τροφή, with the stated meaning “softness, delicacy”.
Meaning: “softness, delicacy”
From Ancient Greek Τρυφῶσα (Truphôsa), from Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ, “softness, delicacy”).
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TRYPHOSA— “dainty”
The feminine form, Τρυφαίνα (Tryphæna), was given to two of the daughters of the Ptolemys in Egypt, where it was far from inappropriate; but, probably, the two women whom St. Paul greets so honourably at Rome as Tryphæna and Tryphosa, were either Alexandrian Jewesses whom he had met at Corinth on their way to Rome, or else merely so called as being the daughters of some Tryphon. They were not canonized, and the dainty Tryphæna has only been revived in England by the Puritan…
The feminine form, Τρυφαίνα (Tryphæna), was given to two of the daughters of the Ptolemys in Egypt, where it was far from inappropriate; but, probably, the two women whom St. Paul greets so honourably at Rome as Tryphæna and Tryphosa, were either Alexandrian Jewesses whom he had met at Corinth on their way to Rome, or else merely so called as being the daughters of some Tryphon. They were not canonized, and the dainty Tryphæna has only been revived in England by the Puritan taste.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part III, Chapter IV (Historical Greek Names Consisting Of Epithets), Section VIII (Phile, &c) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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