ἁβρός
ἁβρός,
ά,
όν, poet. also
ός,
όν:—
A). 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 ;
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 ;
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 .]
ShortDef
delicate, graceful, beauteous, pretty
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἁβρός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αβρος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-185
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἁβρός</span>, <span class="itype greek">ά</span>, <span class="itype greek">όν</span>, poet. also <span class="itype greek">ός</span>, <span class="itype greek">όν</span>:—<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">graceful, delicate, pretty,</span> <span class="quote greek">παρθένος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg007:218" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg007:218/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 218 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">παῖς, Ἔρως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0237.tlg001:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0237.tlg001:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anacr.</span> 17 </a> ,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0237.tlg001:65" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0237.tlg001:65/canonical-url/"> 65 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἄβραι Χάριτες</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> 60 </span> ; esp. of the body, <span class="foreign greek">σῶμα, πούς,</span> etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:55" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.55/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 6.55 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:506" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:506/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 506 </a>; neut. pl., <span class="quote greek">ἁβρὰ παρηίδος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1486" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1486/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1486 </a> ; of women, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:313" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:313/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 313 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:523" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:523/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 523 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἁ. ἄθυρμα,</span> of a pet dog, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 14.1647 </span> (Lipara): of things, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">splendid,</span> <span class="quote greek">στέφανος, κῦδος, πλοῦτος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:8:65" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:8.65/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">I.</span> 8.65 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 5.7 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:110" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3.110/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 3.110 </a>: of style, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">graceful, pretty,</span> <span class="quote greek">λόγος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg004:2:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg004:2.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hermog.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Id.</span> 2.5 </a> ; freq. with a notion of disparagement, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dainty, luxurious</span>; hence, <span class="foreign greek">ἁβρὰ παθεῖν</span> live <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">delicately,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0263.tlg001:24:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0263.tlg001:24.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sol.</span> 24.4 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 474 </span>; a common epithet of Asiatics, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.71/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.71 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">Ἰώνων ἁβρὸς .. ὄχλος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:91" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:91/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 91 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Ἀγάθυρσοι -ότατοι ἀνδρῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:104" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.104/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.104 </a> . Adv. <span class="quote greek">ἁβρῶς, ψάλλειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0237.tlg001:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0237.tlg001:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anacr.</span> 17 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὑμνεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0292.tlg001:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0292.tlg001:37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Stesich.</span> 37 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">βαίνειν</span> step <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">delicately,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> 5 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:831" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:831/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 831 </a>: neut. sg. as Adv., <span class="quote greek">ἁβρὸν βαίνοντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1164" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1164/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 1164 </a> ; neut. pl., <span class="quote greek">ἁβρὰ γελᾶν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Anacreont.</span> 41.3 </span> , <span class="bibl"> 42.5 </span>: Comp. <span class="quote greek">ἁβροτέρως, ἔχειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0658.tlg001:1:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0658.tlg001:1.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hld.</span> 1.17 </a> .—Chiefly poet., never in old Ep.; rare in early Prose, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4.44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 4.44 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:204c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:204c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 204c </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1270.tlg001:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1270.tlg001:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Clearch.</span> 4 </a>.[<span class="pron greek">ᾰ</span> by nature, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1164" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1164/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 1164 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:820" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:820/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 820 </a>.]</div> </div><br><br>'}