ἁβρός

English (LSJ)

ά, όν, poet. also ός, όν:—

   A graceful, delicate, pretty, παρθένος Hes.Fr.218; παῖς, Ἔρως Anacr.17,65; ἄβραι Χάριτες Sapph.60; esp. of the body, σῶμα, πούς, etc., Pi.O.6.55, E.Tr.506; neut. pl., ἁβρὰ παρηίδος Ph.1486; of women, A.Fr.313, S.Tr.523; ἁ. ἄθυρμα, of a pet dog, IG14.1647 (Lipara): of things, splendid, στέφανος, κῦδος, πλοῦτος Pi.I.8.65, O.5.7, P.3.110: of style, graceful, pretty, λόγος Hermog.Id.2.5; freq. with a notion of disparagement, dainty, luxurious; hence, ἁβρὰ παθεῖν live delicately, Sol.24.4, Thgn.474; a common epithet of Asiatics, Hdt.1.71, etc.; Ἰώνων ἁβρὸς . . ὄχλος Antiph. 91; Ἀγάθυρσοι -ότατοι ἀνδρῶν Hdt.4.104. Adv. ἁβρῶς, ψάλλειν Anacr.17; ὑμνεῖν Stesich.37; βαίνειν step delicately, Sapph.5, E.Med. 831: neut. sg. as Adv., ἁβρὸν βαίνοντες E.Med.1164; neut. pl., ἁβρὰ γελᾶν Anacreont.41.3, 42.5: Comp. ἁβροτέρως, ἔχειν Hld.1.17.—Chiefly poet., never in old Ep.; rare in early Prose, X.Smp.4.44, Pl.Smp.204c, Clearch.4. [ᾰ by nature, cf. E.Med.1164, Tr.820.]