ἀνθηρός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ά, όν, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[flowery]], [[blooming]], ἔαρ <span class="bibl">Chaerem.9</span>; <b class="b3">λειμών, δάπεδον</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1093</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ra.</span>352</span>; χώρα <span class="bibl">Str.17.3.12</span> (Comp.); <b class="b3">πρόσοψις, διάθεσις</b>, <span class="bibl">D.S.5.3</span>,<span class="bibl">19</span>; τὰ ἀ. [[flowery meads]], Plu.2.770b; but also, [[flowering plants]], ib.765d. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[fresh]], [[young]], χλόη <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>541</span>; of music, etc., [[fresh]], [[new]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.38</span>; of persons, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>69</span>; ἱλαρὸς καὶ ἀ. <span class="bibl">2.50b</span>; cf. ἄνθος <span class="bibl">11.1</span> fin. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">τᾶς μανίας ἀνθηρὸν μένος</b> rage [[bursting]] (as it were) [[into flower]], i.e. [[exuberant]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>960</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[bright-coloured]], [[brilliant]], τοῦ χαλκοῦ τὸ ἀ. Plu.2.395b; of colours, τὸ ἀ. τῶν χρωμάτων <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nigr.</span>13</span>. cf. Plu.2.79d, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[brilliant]], [[splendid]], δειπνάριον <span class="bibl">Diph.64</span>; ἐδωδή <span class="bibl">Ph.1.679</span> (Comp.) (s.v.l.); βίος <span class="bibl">Max.Tyr.21.1</span>; θεωρία <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">in Nic.</span>p.35P.</span>; of personal appearance, dress, etc., ἀνθηρὸς εἱμάτων στολῇ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>73</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">-ῶς</b> Sch.<span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>1.459</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> of style, [[flowery]], [[florid]], ἀ. [[genus dicendi]] Quint.<span class="title">Inst.</span>12.10.58,cf.Plu.2.648b; of music, <b class="b3">ἀ. καὶ μαλακὴ ἁρμονία</b> (metaph. of policy), <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Per.</span>15</span>; ἂν ἀ. ᾖ τὸ πρᾶγμα, ἔστω καὶ ἡ λέξις τοιαύτη <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Prog.</span> 10</span>. Adv. "[[ἀνθηρῶς]]", an exclamation of applause, Plu.2.46a: Comp. ἀνθηρότερον, λέγειν <span class="bibl">Isoc.13.18</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">ἀνθηρός, ὁ,</b> = [[ἅλιμον]], Ps.-Dsc.1.91. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἀνθηρά, ἡ,</b> name of a [[lip-salve]], <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>24.69</span>, Gal.13.839; also of a [[plaster]], <span class="bibl">Cels.6.11</span>, Sor. ap. Gal.12.957.</span>