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ἁβρός

ἁβρός, delicate, graceful, beauteous, pretty

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ἁβρότερος masculine nominative singular comparative of ἁβρός

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ἁβρός, ά, όν, poet. also ός, όν:—
  • graceful, delicate, pretty, παρθένος Hes. Fr. 218; παῖς, Ἔρως Anacr. 17, 65; ἄβραι Χάριτες Sapph. 60 [128 L-P]; 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; ἁ. ἄθυρμα, of a pet dog, IG 14.1647 (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 -ότατοι ἀνδρῶν Hdt. 4.104. Adv. ἁβρῶς, ψάλλειν Anacr. 17; ὑμνεῖν Stesich. 37; σὺ ... ἄβρως ὀμμεμειχμένον θαλίαισι νέκταρ οἰνοχόαισον, Sapph. 2.14 L-P, E. Med. 831: neut. sg. as Adv., ἁβρὸν βαίνοντες E. Med. 1164; neut. pl., ἁβρὰ γελᾶν Anacreont. 43.3 W, 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.]

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