ἄνηβος
πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κύλικος καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου → there is many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip, there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
English (LSJ)
ον,
A not yet come to man's estate, opp. ἔφηβος, παῖς Heraclit.117, cf. Leg.Gort.11.19, Lys.14.25, Theoc.8.3; οἱ ἄ. pueri, CIG2034 (Byzantium), cf. SIG1028.32 (Cos); ἄνηβοι καὶ ἄγονοι ἐκ γενετῆς impotent, Arist.HA581b22; of a girl, Pl.Lg.833c.
German (Pape)
[Seite 228] der das mannbare Alter noch nicht erreicht hat, unerwachsen, Lys. 14, 25; κόραι Plat. Legg. VIII, 833 a; Theocr. 8, 3. Ggstz ἔφηβος.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἄνηβος: -ον, ὁ μήπω ἐλθὼν εἰς ἥβην, ὅ ἐ. ἀγένειος, ἀντιθέτως πρὸς τὸ ἔφηβος, Λυσ. 142. 7, Πλάτ. Νόμ. 833C, Θεόκρ. 8. 3· οἱ ἄνηβοι, pueri, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 2034· ἄνηβοι καὶ ἄγονοι ἐκ γενετῆς, ἀνίκανοι καὶ ἄνευ γονῆς, Ἀριστ. Ἱστ. Z. 7. 1, 10. 2) ἐπὶ κόρης, Ἐπιγρ. Ἑλλ. 671.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
non encore dans l’âge de la puberté ; sans barbe.
Étymologie: ἀ, ἥβη.
