ἡβάω
α-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἡβάω
Structure:
ἡβά
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to be at man's estate, to be in the prime of youth, in the prime and pride of life, being, past puberty, when I was young, the young, a young luxuriant
- to be young, is young, is like a young man
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.
- οὕτωσ ἠπόρεισ οἰνοχόων, καὶ ἀπηγορεύκασιν ἄρα ἥ τε Ἥβη καὶ ὁ Ἥφαιστοσ διακονούμενοι; (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 3:3)
- ἐγὼ δ’ Ἑλένην Δίοισ μελάθροισ πελάσω, λαμπρῶν ἄστρων πόλον ἐξανύσασ, ἔνθα παρ’ Ἥρᾳ τῇ θ’ Ἡρακλέουσ Ἥβῃ πάρεδροσ θεὸσ ἀνθρώποισ ἔσται σπονδαῖσ ἔντιμοσ ἀεί, σὺν Τυνδαρίδαισ, τοῖσ Διὸσ υἱοῖσ, ναύταισ μεδέουσα θαλάσσησ. (Euripides, episode, anapests2)
- ὥστε τριακοντούτεεσ μὲν ὠμογέροντεσ ἄν κου εἰε͂ν αὐτοῖσιν οἱ ἄνδρεσ, εἴκοσι δὲ ἔτεα γεγονότεσ οἱ ἔξω ἥβησ νεηνίσκοι, ἡ δὲ ἀκροτάτη ἥβη ἀμφὶ τὰ πεντεκαίδεκα ἔτεα· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 9 7:1)
- οἱ δὲ θεοὶ πὰρ Ζηνὶ καθήμενοι ἠγορόωντο χρυσέῳ ἐν δαπέδῳ, μετὰ δέ σφισι πότνια Ἥβη νέκταρ ἐῳνοχόει, τοὶ δὲ χρυσέοισ δεπάεσσι δειδέχατ’ ἀλλήλουσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 7 3:5)
- λαμπροὶ δ’ ἐν ἥβῃ καὶ πόλεωσ ἀγάλματα φοιτῶσ1’ ὅταν δὲ προσπέσῃ γῆρασ πικρόν, τρίβωνεσ ἐκβαλόντεσ οἴχονται κρόκασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 5 1:4)
Derived
- ἀνηβάω (to grow young again)
- ἐφηβάω (to come to man's estate, grow up to manhood)
- παρηβάω (to be past one's prime, to be growing old)