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.
- ἀλλ’ ὅτ’ ἄρ’ ἡβήσαι τε καὶ ἥβησ μέτρον ἵκοιτο, παυρίδιον ζώεσκον ἐπὶ χρόνον, ἄλγε’ ἔχοντεσ ἀφραδίῃσ· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 17:4)
- βόε δ’ ἐνναετήρω ἄρσενε κεκτῆσθαι, τῶν γὰρ σθένοσ οὐκ ἀλαπαδνόν, ἥβησ μέτρον ἔχοντε· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 49:15)
- τόν ῥα νέον τέρεν ἄνθοσ ἔχοντ’ ἐρικυδέοσ ἥβησ παῖδ’ ἀταλὰ φρονέοντα φιλομμειδὴσ Ἀφροδίτη ὦρτ’ ἀναρεψαμένη, καί μιν ζαθέοισ ἐνὶ νηοῖσ νηοπόλον νύχιον ποιήσατο, δαίμονα δῖον. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 107:3)
- εἰ μὲν γὰρ ἔθανεσ πρὸ πόλεωσ, ἥβησ τυχὼν γάμων τε καὶ τῆσ ἰσοθέου τυραννίδοσ, μακάριοσ ἦσθ’ ἄν, εἴ τι τῶνδε μακάριον· (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, anapests 3:2)
- ἣ δ’ ἐν δόμοισ ἔμεινεν Ἠλέκτρα πατρόσ, ταύτην ἐπειδὴ θαλερὸσ εἶχ’ ἥβησ χρόνοσ, μνηστῆρεσ ᾔτουν Ἑλλάδοσ πρῶτοι χθονόσ. (Euripides, episode 1:7)
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)