ἀνθηρός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ά, όν,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[flowery]], [[blooming]], ἔαρ Chaerem.9; [[λειμών]], [[δάπεδον]], Ar.''Av.''1093, ''Ra.''352; χώρα Str.17.3.12 (Comp.); [[πρόσοψις]], [[διάθεσις]], D.S.5.3,19; τὰ ἀ. [[flowery meads]], Plu.2.770b; but also, [[flowering plants]], ib.765d.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[fresh]], [[young]], χλόη E.''Cyc.''541; of music, etc., [[fresh]], [[new]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.6.38; of persons, Plu.''Pomp.''69; ἱλαρὸς καὶ ἀνθηρός 2.50b; cf. [[ἄνθος]] II.1 fin.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">τᾶς μανίας ἀνθηρὸν μένος</b> [[rage]] [[bursting]] (as it were) into [[flower]], i.e. [[exuberant]], S.''Ant.''960.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[bright-coloured]], [[brilliant]], τοῦ χαλκοῦ τὸ ἀ. Plu.2.395b; of colours, τὸ ἀνθηρὸν τῶν χρωμάτων Luc.''Nigr.''13. cf. Plu.2.79d, etc.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[brilliant]], [[splendid]], δειπνάριον Diph.64; ἐδωδή Ph.1.679 (Comp.) ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]); βίος Max.Tyr.21.1; θεωρία Iamb.''in Nic.''p.35P.; of personal appearance, dress, etc., ἀνθηρὸς εἱμάτων στολῇ E.''IA''73. Adv. [[ἀνθηρῶς]] Sch.Opp.''H.''1.459.<br><span class="bld">5</span> of style, [[flowery]], [[florid]], ἀ. [[genus dicendi]] Quint.''Inst.''12.10.58,cf.Plu.2.648b; of music, <b class="b3">ἀ. καὶ μαλακὴ ἁρμονία</b> (metaph. of policy), Id.''Per.''15; ἂν ἀ. ᾖ τὸ πρᾶγμα, ἔστω καὶ ἡ λέξις τοιαύτη Hermog.''Prog.'' 10. Adv. "[[ἀνθηρῶς]]", an exclamation of applause, Plu.2.46a: Comp. ἀνθηρότερον, λέγειν Isoc.13.18.<br><span class="bld">III</span> ἀνθηρός, ὁ, = [[ἅλιμον]], Ps.-Dsc.1.91.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ἀνθηρά]], ἡ, name of a [[lip-salve]], Plin.''HN''24.69, Gal.13.839; also of a [[plaster]], Cels.6.11, Sor. ap. Gal.12.957.