| |Definition=ά, όν, poet. also ός, όν:—<span class="sense"><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, [[σῶμα]], [[πούς]], 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>; [[βαίνειν]] 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> | | |Definition=ά, όν, poet. also ός, όν:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[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; ἁβρὸν [[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 ἁβρότατοι 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.] |
