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ἁβρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἁβρός ἁβρά̄ ἁβρόν

Structure: ἁβρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: perhaps the same root as h(/bh?

Sense

  1. (especially of the body) graceful, delicate, pretty
  2. (of things) splendid
  3. (of style) graceful, pretty
  4. (frequently with a notion of disparagement) dainty, luxurious; hence, delicate (a common epithet of Asiatics)

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἁβρός ἁβρᾱ́ ἁβρόν
Genitive ἁβροῦ ἁβρᾶς ἁβροῦ
Dative ἁβρῷ ἁβρᾷ ἁβρῷ
Accusative ἁβρόν ἁβρᾱ́ν ἁβρόν
Vocative ἁβρέ ἁβρᾱ́ ἁβρόν
DualN/A/V ἁβρώ ἁβρᾱ́ ἁβρώ
G/D ἁβροῖν ἁβραῖν ἁβροῖν
PluralNominative ἁβροί ἁβραί ἁβρά
Genitive ἁβρῶν ἁβρῶν ἁβρῶν
Dative ἁβροῖς ἁβραῖς ἁβροῖς
Accusative ἁβρούς ἁβρᾱ́ς ἁβρά
Vocative ἁβροί ἁβραί ἁβρά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἁβρός ἁβροῦ ἁβρότερος ἁβροτεροῦ ἁβρότατος ἁβροτατοῦ
Adverb ἁβρώς ἁβρότερον ἁβρότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "χλιδῶν τε πλόκαμοσ ὥστε παρθένοισ ἁβραῖσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 20 1:125)
  • ἐν δὲ φερεσταφύλοισ Ἐρυθραῖσ ἐκ κλιβάνου ἐλθὼν λευκὸσ ἁβραῖσ θάλλων ὡρ́αισ τέρψει παρὰ δεῖπνον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 77 3:3)
  • καὶ ἤρεσεν αὐτῷ τὸ κοράσιον καὶ εὗρε χάριν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἔσπευσε δοῦναι αὐτῇ τὸ σμῆγμα καὶ τὴν μερίδα καὶ τὰ ἑπτὰ κοράσια τὰ ὑποδεδειγμένα αὐτῇ ἐκ βασιλικοῦ καὶ ἐχρήσατο αὐτῇ καλῶσ καὶ ταῖσ ἅβραισ αὐτῆσ ἐν τῷ γυναικῶνι. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 2:9)

Synonyms

  1. splendid

  2. dainty

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