ἁβρός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἁβρά, ἁβρόν, ''poet.'' also [[ἁβρός]], ἁβρόν:—[[graceful]], [[delicate]], [[pretty]], [[παρθένος]] Hes.Fr.218; [[παῖς]], [[Ἔρως]] Anacr.17,65; ἄβραι [[Χάριτες]] Sapph.60; especially 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 adverb, 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.]