ἡβάω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Cret. [[ἡβίω]] ''Leg.Gort.''7.41,al., Aeol.(?) ἀβάω Hdn.Gr.2.16, Alc.''Supp.''7.11 (dub.); Ep. opt. [[ἡβώοιμι]], part. [[ἡβώων]] (v. infr.): impf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἥβων Ar.''V.''357: fut. -ήσω (ἐφ-) [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.1.12, Dor. ἡβάσω [ᾱ] ''AP''7.482: aor. 1 ἥβησα Od.1.41, Hes.''Op.''132, Pl.''Ap.''41e: pf. [[ἥβηκα]] (παρ-) [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.53, etc.: ([[ἥβη]]):—[[attain puberty]] or [[have attained puberty]], ὅταν ἡβήσαι τε καὶ ἥβης μέτρον ἵκοιτο Hes.''Op.''132; ἡβῶσιν ὀψέ Hp.Aër.4; ἐπειδὰν ἡβήσωσι Pl.''Ap.''l.c.; of women. <b class="b3">γυνὴ τέτορ' ἡβώοι</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἔτη]]) four years [[past puberty]], Hes.''Op.''698; <b class="b3">ἡβάσεις ἥβαν</b> ''AP''l.c.; <b class="b3">ἡβᾶν ἐπὶ διετές</b>, v. sub <b class="b3">διετής; ὀμόσαι Χαλκιδέων τοὺς ἡβῶντας ἅπαντας</b> all the [[adult]]s, IG12.39.32, cf. Ar.''Ra.''1055, Th.4.132.<br><span class="bld">2</span> to [[be in the prime of youth]], εἴθ' ὣς ἡβώοιμι, βίη τέ μοι ἔμπεδος εἴη Od.14.468, al.; <b class="b3">ἀνὴρ οὐδὲ μάλ' ἡβῶν</b> not even [[in the prime of life]], Il.12.382, cf. Od. 23.187, A.''Ch.''879; γέροντα τὸν νοῦν, σάρκα δ' ἡβῶσαν φέρει Id.''Th.'' 622; <b class="b3">ἡβᾶν σθένος</b> to [[be young]] and strong, E.''HF''436 (lyr.); [[ἥβων]] = [[I]] [[was]] [[young]], Ar.''V.''357; <b class="b3">ἡ. τὰς αἰσθήσεις</b>, of an old man, Philostr.''VS''1.9.3; of plants, <b class="b3">ἡμερὶς ἡβώωσα</b> a [[young]], [[luxuriant]] [[vine]], Od.5.69, cf. Simon.183.3, Longus 4.5; <b class="b3">ἡβῶντ' ἀρτίως οἰνίσκον</b> (<b class="b3">παρὰ προσδοκίαν</b> for [[νεανίσκον]]) Cratin.183.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., to [[be fresh]], [[be vigorous]], ἡβώοις, φίλε θυμέ Thgn.877 (dub. l.); <b class="b3">ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡβᾷ τοῖς γέρουσιν εὖ μαθεῖν</b> '[[tis]] always [[youth]] for old men to learn, i.e. 'tis never too late to learn, A.''Ag.''584 ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[ἥβη]]) <b class="b3">; ἡβᾷ δῆμος εἰς ὀργὴν πεσών</b> the [[people]] [[rage]]s like a [[passionate]] [[youth]], [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Orestes|Or.]]''696, cf. <b class="b3">νεανικός; ἄγγελον.. γέρονθ', ἡβῶντα δ' εὐγλώσσῳ φρενί</b> [[exulting]], A.''Supp.''775; also of things, <b class="b3">γάμοι, ἔαρ ἡ.</b>, Opp.''H.''1.474, 2.252.<br><span class="bld">4</span> to [[have the outward signs of puberty]], Arist.''GA''746b23; γένυς ἡβᾷ ''AP''12.31 (Phan.).