ἀνηβάω
α-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀνηβάω
Structure:
ἀν
(Prefix)
+
ἡβά
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to grow young again
Conjugation
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.
- τῷ λόγῳ δὲ νῦν ἂν μάλιστα ἀνηβᾶν καὶ ἀνθεῖν καὶ ἀκμάζειν καθ’ ὡρ́αν εἰή καὶ ἕλκειν τῶν ὤτων ὅσουσ ἂν πλείστουσ δύνηται, καὶ τοξεύειν πολλάκισ, ὡσ οὐδέν γε δέοσ μὴ κενωθεὶσ λάθοι ὁ γωρυτὸσ αὐτῷ. (Lucian, Hercules, 8:2)
- τετταράκοντα δὲ ἐπιβαίνοντα ἐτῶν ἐν τοῖσ συσσιτίοισ εὐωχηθέντα καλεῖν τούσ τε ἄλλουσ θεοὺσ καὶ δὴ καὶ Διόνυσον παρακαλεῖν εἰσ τὴν τῶν πρεσβυτῶν τελετὴν ἅμα καὶ παιδιάν, ἣν τοῖσ ἀνθρώποισ ἐπίκουρον τῆσ τοῦ γήρωσ αὐστηρότητοσ ἐδωρήσατο τὸν οἶνον φάρμακον, ὥστε ἀνηβᾶν ἡμᾶσ καὶ δυσθυμίασ λήθην γίγνεσθαι καὶ ἑξῆσ δέ φησι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 55 1:1)
- οὐ γὰρ ἀνηβᾶν δὶσ πέλεται πρὸσ θεῶν οὐδὲ λύσισ θανάτου θνητοῖσ ἀνθρώποισι· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-1389564)
- τετταράκοντα δὲ ἐπιβαίνοντα ἐτῶν, ἐν τοῖσ συσσιτίοισ εὐωχηθέντα, καλεῖν τούσ τε ἄλλουσ θεοὺσ καὶ δὴ καὶ Διόνυσον παρακαλεῖν εἰσ τὴν τῶν πρεσβυτέρων τελετὴν ἅμα καὶ παιδιάν, ἣν τοῖσ ἀνθρώποισ ἐπίκουρον τῆσ τοῦ γήρωσ αὐστηρότητοσ ἐδωρήσατο τὸν οἶνον φάρμακον, ὥστε ἀνηβᾶν ἡμᾶσ, καὶ δυσθυμίασ λήθῃ γίγνεσθαι μαλακώτερον ἐκ σκληροτέρου τὸ τῆσ ψυχῆσ ἦθοσ, καθάπερ εἰσ πῦρ σίδηρον ἐντεθέντα γιγνόμενον, καὶ οὕτωσ εὐπλαστότερον εἶναι; (Plato, Laws, book 2 84:1)
Synonyms
-
to grow young again
Derived
- ἐφηβάω (to come to man's estate, grow up to manhood)
- ἡβάω (to be at man's estate, to be in the prime of youth, in the prime and pride of life)
- παρηβάω (to be past one's prime, to be growing old)