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|Definition=Cret. ἡβίω <span class="title">Leg.Gort.</span>7.41,al., Aeol.(?) ἀβάω Hdn.Gr.2.16, Alc.<span class="title">Supp.</span>7.11 (dub.); Ep. opt. <b class="b3">ἡβώοιμι</b>, part. <b class="b3">ἡβώων</b> (v. infr.): impf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἥβων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>357</span>: fut. <b class="b3">-ήσω</b> (ἐφ-) <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.1.12</span>, Dor. <b class="b3">ἡβάσω [ᾱ</b>] <span class="title">AP</span>7.482: aor. 1 ἥβησα <span class="bibl">Od.1.41</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>132</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>41e</span>: pf. <b class="b3">ἥβηκα</b> (παρ-) <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.53</span>, etc.: (ἥβη):—[[attain]] or [[have attained puberty]], ὅταν ἡβήσαι τε καὶ ἥβης μέτρον ἵκοιτο <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>132</span>; ἡβῶσιν ὀψέ Hp.Aër.4; ἐπειδὰν ἡβήσωσι Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>l.c.; of women. <b class="b3">γυνὴ τέτορ' ἡβώοι</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ἔτη</b>) four years [[past puberty]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>698</span>; <b class="b3">ἡβάσεις ἥβαν</b> <span class="title">AP</span>l.c.; <b class="b3">ἡβᾶν ἐπὶ διετές</b>, v. sub <b class="b3">διετής; ὀμόσαι Χαλκιδέων τοὺς ἡβῶντας ἅπαντας</b> all the [[adults]], IG12.39.32, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1055</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.132</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[to be in the prime of youth]], εἴθ' ὣς ἡβώοιμι, βίη τέ μοι ἔμπεδος εἴη <span class="bibl">Od.14.468</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ἀνὴρ οὐδὲ μάλ' ἡβῶν</b> not even [[in the prime of life]], <span class="bibl">Il.12.382</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od. 23.187</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>879</span>; γέροντα τὸν νοῦν, σάρκα δ' ἡβῶσαν φέρει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span> 622</span>; <b class="b3">ἡβᾶν σθένος</b> [[to be young]] and strong, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>436</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἥβων</b> I [[was young]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>357</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ. τὰς αἰσθήσεις</b>, of an old man, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VS</span>1.9.3</span>; of plants, <b class="b3">ἡμερὶς ἡβώωσα</b> [[a young]], [[luxuriant]] vine, <span class="bibl">Od.5.69</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Simon.183.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Longus 4.5</span>; <b class="b3">ἡβῶντ' ἀρτίως οἰνίσκον</b> (<b class="b3">παρὰ προσδοκίαν</b> for <b class="b3">νεανίσκον</b>) <span class="bibl">Cratin.183</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[to be fresh]], [[vigorous]], ἡβώοις, φίλε θυμέ <span class="bibl">Thgn.877</span> (dub. l.); <b class="b3">ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡβᾷ τοῖς γέρουσιν εὖ μαθεῖν</b> '[[tis]] always [[youth]] for old men to learn, i.e. 'tis never too late to learn, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>584</span> (nisi leg. <b class="b3">ἥβη</b>) <b class="b3">; ἡβᾷ δῆμος εἰς ὀργὴν πεσών</b> the people [[rages like a passionate youth]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>696</span>, cf. <b class="b3">νεανικός; ἄγγελον . . γέρονθ', ἡβῶντα δ' εὐγλώσσῳ φρενί</b> [[exulting]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>775</span>; also of things, <b class="b3">γάμοι, ἔαρ ἡ</b>., <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>1.474</span>, <span class="bibl">2.252</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[to have the outward signs of puberty]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>746b23</span>; γένυς ἡβᾷ <span class="title">AP</span>12.31 (Phan.).</span>