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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

  • ἐσθὴσ ἐπὶ τούτοισ ἁλουργὶσ καὶ ὁ βίοσ οἱο͂σ ἁβρότατοσ, ὕπνοσ ἐφ̓ ὅσον ἥδιστοσ, φίλων πρόσοδοι καὶ δεήσεισ καὶ τὸ ἅπαντασ ὑποπτήσσειν καὶ προσκυνεῖν, καὶ οἱ μὲν ἑώθεν πρὸσ ταῖσ θύραισ ἄνω καὶ κάτω περιπατήσουσιν, ἐν αὐτοῖσ δὲ καὶ Κλεαίνετοσ καὶ Δημόκριτοσ οἱ πάνυ, καὶ προσελθοῦσί γε αὐτοῖσ καὶ πρὸ τῶν ἄλλων εἰσδεχθῆναι ἀξιοῦσι θυρωροὶ ἑπτὰ ἐφεστῶτεσ, εὐμεγέθεισ βάρβαροι, προσαραξάτωσαν ἐσ τὸ μέτωπον εὐθὺ τὴν θύραν, οἱᾶ νῦν αὐτοὶ ποιοῦσιν. (Lucian, 38:1)
  • ὁ δὲ καλόν τι νέον λαχὼν ἁβρότατοσ ἔπι μεγάλασ ἐξ ἐλπίδοσ πέταται ὑποπτέροισ ἀνορέαισ, ἔχων κρέσσονα πλούτου μέριμναν. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 8 26:1)
  • θάνεν μὲν αὐτὸσ ἡρ́ωσ Ἀτρεί̈δασ ἵκων χρόνῳ κλυταῖσ ἐν Ἀμύκλαισ, μάντιν τ’ ὄλεσσε κόραν, ἐπεὶ ἀμφ’ Ἑλένᾳ πυρωθέντων Τρώων ἔλυσε δόμουσ ἁβρότατοσ. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 11 10:4)

Synonyms

  1. splendid

  2. dainty

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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