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|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[gracefull]], [[delicate]], [[pretty]] Hes.; mostly of young girls and ladies.<br />Other forms: Fem. <b class="b3">ἅβρα</b> <b class="b2">favourite slave</b> (not a Semitic loan, Masson Emprunts sém. 98).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἁβρότης</b>, <b class="b3">ἁβροσύνη</b>; denom. <b class="b3">ἁβρύνομαι</b>, <b class="b3">-ω</b><br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown] [503]<br />Etymology: No etymology. Not to <b class="b3">ἥβη</b> (youthfull power), which has <b class="b2">*e</b> < <b class="b2">*eh₁</b>. Improbable vW. | |etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[gracefull]], [[delicate]], [[pretty]] Hes.; mostly of young girls and ladies.<br />Other forms: Fem. <b class="b3">ἅβρα</b> <b class="b2">favourite slave</b> (not a Semitic loan, Masson Emprunts sém. 98).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἁβρότης</b>, <b class="b3">ἁβροσύνη</b>; denom. <b class="b3">ἁβρύνομαι</b>, <b class="b3">-ω</b><br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown] [503]<br />Etymology: No etymology. Not to <b class="b3">ἥβη</b> (youthfull power), which has <b class="b2">*e</b> < <b class="b2">*eh₁</b>. Improbable vW. | ||
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|mdlsjtxt=[[perhaps]] the [[same]] [[root]] as ἥβη?] [α [[short]] by [[nature]]<br />[[delicate]], [[graceful]], beauteous, [[pretty]], Anacr., etc.: of things, [[splendid]], Pind.—Very [[early]] the [[word]] took the [[notion]] of [[over]]-[[delicate]], [[dainty]], [[luxurious]]; [[hence]] neut. as adv. ἁβρὰ [[παθεῖν]] to [[live]] [[delicately]], [[Solon]]; ἁβρὰ παρηΐδος = ἁβρὰν παρηΐδα, Eur.; [[ἁβρῶς]] and ἁβρὸν βαίνειν to [[step]] [[delicately]], Eur. | |||
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