ἁβρός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ά, όν, poet. also ός, όν:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[graceful]], [[delicate]], [[pretty]], παρθένος <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Fr.</span>218</span>; παῖς, Ἔρως <span class="bibl">Anacr.17</span>,<span class="bibl">65</span>; ἄβραι Χάριτες Sapph.60; esp. of the body, <b class="b3">σῶμα, πούς</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>6.55</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>506</span>; neut. pl., ἁβρὰ παρηίδος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>1486</span>; of women, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>313</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>523</span>; <b class="b3">ἁ. ἄθυρμα</b>, of a pet dog, <span class="title">IG</span>14.1647 (Lipara): of things, [[splendid]], στέφανος, κῦδος, πλοῦτος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>8.65</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">O.</span>5.7</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>3.110</span>: of style, [[graceful]], [[pretty]], λόγος <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Id.</span>2.5</span>; freq. with a notion of disparagement, [[dainty]], [[luxurious]]; hence, <b class="b3">ἁβρὰ παθεῖν</b> live [[delicately]], <span class="bibl">Sol.24.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Thgn.474</span>; a common epithet of Asiatics, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.71</span>, etc.; Ἰώνων ἁβρὸς . . ὄχλος <span class="bibl">Antiph. 91</span>; Ἀγάθυρσοι -ότατοι ἀνδρῶν <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.104</span>. Adv. ἁβρῶς, ψάλλειν <span class="bibl">Anacr.17</span>; ὑμνεῖν <span class="bibl">Stesich.37</span>; <b class="b3">βαίνειν</b> step [[delicately]], Sapph.5, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span> 831</span>: neut. sg. as Adv., ἁβρὸν βαίνοντες <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1164</span>; neut. pl., ἁβρὰ γελᾶν <span class="title">Anacreont.</span>41.3, 42.5: Comp. ἁβροτέρως, ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Hld.1.17</span>.—Chiefly poet., never in old Ep.; rare in early Prose, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>4.44</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>204c</span>, <span class="bibl">Clearch.4</span>. [ᾰ by nature, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1164</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>820</span>.]</span>

|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> [[favourite slave]] (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.