ἀνθηρός

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   A flowery, blooming, ἔαρ Chaerem.9; λειμών, δάπεδον, Ar.Av.1093, Ra.352; χώρα Str.17.3.12 (Comp.); πρόσοψις, διάθεσις, D.S.5.3,19; τὰ ἀ. flowery meads, Plu.2.770b; but also, flowering plants, ib.765d.    II metaph., fresh, young, χλόη E.Cyc.541; of music, etc., fresh, new, X.Cyr.1.6.38; of persons, Plu.Pomp.69; ἱλαρὸς καὶ ἀ. 2.50b; cf. ἄνθος 11.1 fin.    2 τᾶς μανίας ἀνθηρὸν μένος rage bursting (as it were) into flower, i.e. exuberant, S.Ant.960.    3 bright-coloured, brilliant, τοῦ χαλκοῦ τὸ ἀ. Plu.2.395b; of colours, τὸ ἀ. τῶν χρωμάτων Luc.Nigr.13. cf. Plu.2.79d, etc.    4 brilliant, splendid, δειπνάριον Diph.64; ἐδωδή Ph.1.679 (Comp.) (s.v.l.); βίος Max.Tyr.21.1; θεωρία Iamb.in Nic.p.35P.; of personal appearance, dress, etc., ἀνθηρὸς εἱμάτων στολῇ E.IA73. Adv. -ῶς Sch.Opp.H.1.459.    5 of style, flowery, florid, ἀ. genus dicendi Quint.Inst.12.10.58,cf.Plu.2.648b; of music, ἀ. καὶ μαλακὴ ἁρμονία (metaph. of policy), Id.Per.15; ἂν ἀ. ᾖ τὸ πρᾶγμα, ἔστω καὶ ἡ λέξις τοιαύτη Hermog.Prog. 10. Adv. "ἀνθηρῶς", an exclamation of applause, Plu.2.46a: Comp. ἀνθηρότερον, λέγειν Isoc.13.18.    III ἀνθηρός, ὁ, = ἅλιμον, Ps.-Dsc.1.91.    2 ἀνθηρά, ἡ, name of a lip-salve, Plin.HN24.69, Gal.13.839; also of a plaster, Cels.6.11, Sor. ap. Gal.12.957.