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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

  • τὰ γὰρ τοιαῦτα κρίνειν τῶν ἁβρῶν μᾶλλον καὶ ἀστικῶν τὸ δὲ ἐμόν, αἶγα μὲν αἰγὸσ ὁποτέρα ἡ ^ καλλίων καὶ δάμαλιν ἄλλησ δαμάλεωσ, τάχ’ ἂν δικάσαιμι κατὰ τὴν τέχνην αὗται δὲ πᾶσαί τε ὁμοίωσ καλαὶ καὶ οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπωσ ἄν τισ ἀπὸ τῆσ ἑτέρασ ἐπὶ τὴν ἑτέραν μεταγάγοι τὴν ὄψιν ἀποσπάσασ· (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 7:14)
  • ἀνθρώπων καὶ ἁβρῶν, οὐκ οἶσθα ὡσ πρὸ σοῦ μύριοι μετὰ Κλεάρχου ἀνελθόντεσ ἐκράτησαν οὐδ̓ ἐσ χεῖρασ ὑπομεινάντων ἐλθεῖν ἐκείνων, ἀλλὰ πρὶν ἢ τὸ τόξευμα ἐξικνεῖσθαι φυγόντων; (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 4:1)
  • ἦν δὲ καὶ Ἅβρων ἐν αὐτοῖσ· (Plutarch, Amatoriae narrationes, chapter 2 3:3)
  • δείσασ δ’ ὁ Ἅβρων φεύγει εἰσ Κόρινθον, ἀναλαβὼν τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ τοὺσ οἰκέτασ, ἐν Μελίσσῳ, κώμῃ τινὶ τῆσ Κορινθίων χώρασ ἔνθα καὶ παῖδα γεννήσασ Μέλισσον προσηγόρευσεν, ἀπὸ τοῦ τόπου θέμενοσ τοὔνομα αὐτῷ. (Plutarch, Amatoriae narrationes, chapter 2 6:1)
  • ὧν ὁ Ἅβρων καὶ ὁ Λυκοῦργοσ ἄπαιδεσ μετήλλαξαν· (Plutarch, Vitae decem oratorum, , section 1 35:2)

Synonyms

  1. splendid

  2. dainty

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