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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

  • αἱ μὲν γὰρ χάριτεσ, ὦ Διοσκόρω, πολλαί, καὶ μάλιστα ὁπόταν ᾅδῃ καὶ ἁβρὸσ εἶναι θέλῃ, ὄνοσ αὐτολυρίζων, φασίν. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 4:4)
  • ἀτὰρ εἰπέ μοι καὶ τόδε, τί δή ποτε ἁβρὸσ οὕτω θεὸσ ὢν καὶ γέρων ἐπιλεξάμενοσ τὸ ἀτερπέστατον, ὁπότε ἡ χιὼν ἐπέχει τὰ πάντα καὶ ὁ βορρᾶσ πολὺσ καὶ οὐδὲν ὅ τι οὐ πέπηγεν ὑπὸ τοῦ κρύουσ καὶ τὰ δένδρα ξηρὰ καὶ γυμνὰ καὶ ἄφυλλα καὶ οἱ λειμῶνεσ ἄμορφοι καὶ ἀπηνθηκότεσ καὶ οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἐπικεκυφότεσ ὥσπερ οἱ πάνυ γεγηρακότεσ, ἀμφὶ τὴν κάμινον οἱ πολλοί, τηνικαῦτα ἑορτάζεισ; (Lucian, Saturnalia, 9:1)
  • "πόθεν οἰκήτωρ, ἤ τισ Ιὤνων τρυφεραμπεχόνων ἁβρὸσ ἡδυπαθὴσ ὄχλοσ ὡρ́μηται; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 20 1:100)
  • νῦν δέ μοι ἱμερόεισ κόλπων ἔντοσθεν ἰαύει λάτρισ ἐϋστεφάνου Κύπριδοσ ἁβρὸσ Ἔρωσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 3252)
  • ὅμοιον ἁβρὸσ δ’ ἐν προχοαῖσ Κύκλωψ φθογγάζετο μύρμηξ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 5391)

Synonyms

  1. splendid

  2. dainty

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