ἡβάσκω
Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either
English (LSJ)
Incept. of ἡβάω,
A come to puberty, Hp.Aph.3.28. X.An. 4.6.1; παῖς ἡβάσκων ἄρτι ib.7.4.7; of women, become marriageable, Ruf. ap. Orib.inc.2.2. 2 metaph., νῦν ἔθ' ἡβάσκει κακόν (read by Gal. for ἡβᾷ σοι) E.Alc.1085; ἡμῖν ἡβάσκει πενίη AP6.30 (Maced.); ποιητικὴ οὔπω ἡβάσκουσα Philostr.Her.Praef. 3 reach, or show the outward signs of, manhood, Aristaenet.1.11, Philostr.Im.2.7.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1148] mannbar werden, pubescere, ἀμφὶ πρώτην ὑπήνην Aristaen. 1, 11; die volle männliche Kraft u. Stärke erlangen, πλὴν τοῦ υἱοῦ ἄρτι ἡβάσκοντος Xen. An. 4, 6, 1; παῖδα ἡβάσκοντα ἄρτι 7, 4, 7, der eben in die Jünglingsjahre trat; Sp. Auch übertr., wie ἀκμάζειν, χρόνος μαλάξει, νῦν δ' ἔθ' ἡβάσκει κακόν Eur. Alc. 1090, emend. für ἡβᾷ σοι..; vgl. Macedon. 28 a (VI, 30) κακοῦ δ' ἐπὶ γήραος ἡμῖν ἄλλυτος ἡβάσκει – πενίη.
