Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄνηβος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄνηβος ἄνηβη ἄνηβον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + νηβ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: h(/bh

Sense

  1. not yet come to man's estate, beardless

Examples

  • καὶ ἅμα κελεύει καταβάντα εἰσ τὸν ποταμὸν τὸν πρὸ τῆσ πόλεωσ ῥέοντα λούσασθαι, ἡγήσεσθαι δὲ τῆσ ὁδοῦ παῖδα ἄνηβον, καὶ δείκνυσι τὸν παῖδα. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 5:2)

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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