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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)

Examples

  • ταῖσ δὲ γενναιοτάταισ καὶ ἐπισκύνιον πρόσεστιν, καὶ σοβαραὶ φαίνονται, καὶ τὸ βάδισμα κοῦφον καὶ πυκνὸν καὶ ἁβρόν· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 7 7:1)
  • τὸ γὰρ ἰσχύν τε ἅμα καὶ ὑγρότητα τῶν μελῶν ἐπιτηδεύειν ὁμοίωσ παράδοξον εἶναί μοι δοκεῖ ὡσ εἴ τισ ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ καὶ Ἡρακλέουσ τὸ καρτερὸν καὶ Ἀφροδίτησ τὸ ἁβρὸν δεικνύοι. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 73:2)
  • ὁρᾷσ τὸν ἁβρόν, οὗ βέλοσ διέπτατο; (Euripides, Suppliants, episode13)
  • ἄγετε τὸν ἁβρὸν δήποτ’ ἐν Τροίᾳ πόδα, νῦν δ’ ὄντα δοῦλον, στιβάδα πρὸσ χαμαιπετῆ πέτρινά τε κρήδεμν’, ὡσ πεσοῦσ’ ἀποφθαρῶ δακρύοισ καταξανθεῖσα. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, iambic26)
  • πρῶτον μὲν ἁβρὸν βόστρυχον τεμῶ σέθεν. (Euripides, episode 3:22)

Synonyms

  1. splendid

  2. dainty

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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