ἥβη
ἥβ-η, Dor.
ἥβα, Aeol.
ἄβα Alc. 101 ,
ἡ: (v. sub fin.):—
A). youthful prime, youth,
νεηνίῃ ἀνδρὶ ἐοικώς, πρῶτον ὑπηνήτῃ, τοῦ περ χαριέστατος ἥβη Od. 10.279 , cf.
Il. 24.348 ;
καὶ δ’ ἔχει ἥβης ἄνθος ὅ τε κράτος ἐστὶ μέγιστον 13.484 , cf.
Hes. Th. 988 ;
ἐρικυδής Il. 11.225 , Hes.l.c.;
πολυήρατος Od. 15.366 , etc.;
ἥβης μέτρον ἱκέσθαι or
ἱκάνειν, =
ἡβάσκειν ,
11.317 ,
18.217 , etc.;
ἥβην πολυήρατον ἱκόμεθ’ 15.366 , cf.
Il. 24.728 ;
ἥβης ἀπόνασθαι, ταρπῆναι,
17.25 ,
Od. 23.212 ;
ἐφ’ ἥβης Ar. Eq. 524 ;
θρέψασθαί τινα πρὸς ἥβην until
manhood,
Pl. Mx. 238b ;
μέχρι ἥβης Th. 2.46 .
c). as a legal term,
ἥβη was
the time before manhood, at Athens sixteen years of age,
AB 255.15 ; fourteen acc. to
EM 359.17 ,
Harp. s.v.
ἐπιδιετές ; at Sparta eighteen,
τὰ δέκα ἀφ’ ἥβης (sc.
ἔτη), i.e. men of twentyeight,
X. HG 2.4.32 ,
3.4.23 ;
τὰ τετταράκοντα ἀφ’ ἥ. ib.
6.4.17 ; of women,
ἐπεὶ δ’ ἐς ἥβην ἦλθεν ὡραίαν γάμων E. Hel. 12 .
II). a kind of
vine,
Hsch.; Dor.
ἇβαι (pl.) v.l. in
Theoc. 5.109 .
ShortDef
Hebe
manhood, youthful prime, youth
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἥβη
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ηβη
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-46578
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἥβ-η</span>, Dor. <span class="orth greek">ἥβα</span>, Aeol. <span class="orth greek">ἄβα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:101" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:101/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span> 101 </a>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>: (v. sub fin.):—<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">youthful prime, youth</span>, <span class="quote greek">νεηνίῃ ἀνδρὶ ἐοικώς, πρῶτον ὑπηνήτῃ, τοῦ περ χαριέστατος ἥβη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:279" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.279/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 10.279 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:348" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.348/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 24.348 </a>; <span class="quote greek">καὶ δ’ ἔχει ἥβης ἄνθος ὅ τε κράτος ἐστὶ μέγιστον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:484" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.484/canonical-url/"> 13.484 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:988" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:988/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 988 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐρικυδής</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:225" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.225/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 11.225 </a> , Hes.l.c.; <span class="quote greek">πολυήρατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:15:366" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:15.366/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 15.366 </a> , etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ἥβης μέτρον ἱκέσθαι</span> or <span class="foreign greek">ἱκάνειν,</span> = <span class="ref greek">ἡβάσκειν</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:317" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.317/canonical-url/"> 11.317 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:18:217" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:18.217/canonical-url/"> 18.217 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἥβην πολυήρατον ἱκόμεθ’</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:15:366" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:15.366/canonical-url/"> 15.366 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:728" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.728/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 24.728 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἥβης ἀπόνασθαι, ταρπῆναι</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.25/canonical-url/"> 17.25 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:23:212" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:23.212/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 23.212 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐφ’ ἥβης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:524" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:524/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 524 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">θρέψασθαί τινα πρὸς ἥβην</span> until <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">manhood</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg028.perseus-grc1:238b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg028.perseus-grc1:238b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mx.</span> 238b </a>; <span class="quote greek">μέχρι ἥβης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.46 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">strength and vigour of youth</span>,[ <span class="quote greek">δίσκον] ἀφῆκεν .. πειρώμενος ἥβης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:432" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.432/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.432 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἥβῃ τε πεποίθεα χερσί τ’ ἐμῇσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:181" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.181/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 8.181 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:16:174" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:16.174/canonical-url/"> 16.174 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἥβης ἀκμή</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:741" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:741/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 741 </a> : in pl., <span class="quote greek">καρποτρόφοι νεάνιδες ἧβαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:477" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:477/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 477 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> as a legal term, <span class="foreign greek">ἥβη</span> was <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the time before manhood</span>, at Athens sixteen years of age, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AB</span> 255.15 </span>; fourteen acc. to <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:359:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:359.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EM</span> 359.17 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Harp.</span> </span> s.v. <span class="ref greek">ἐπιδιετές</span> ; at Sparta eighteen, <span class="foreign greek">τὰ δέκα ἀφ’ ἥβης</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">ἔτη</span>), i.e. men of twentyeight, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:4:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:4:32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 2.4.32 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:4:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:4:23/canonical-url/"> 3.4.23 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ τετταράκοντα ἀφ’ ἥ</span>. ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:4:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:4:17/canonical-url/"> 6.4.17 </a>; of women, <span class="quote greek">ἐπεὶ δ’ ἐς ἥβην ἦλθεν ὡραίαν γάμων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 12 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>d).</strong></span> of oxen, <span class="quote greek">ἥβης μέτρον ἔχοντε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:438" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:438/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 438 </a> ; of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fresh</span> skin of a snake, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001:138" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001:138/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 138 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cheer, merriment</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:295" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.295/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.295 </a>; <span class="quote greek">δαιτὸς ἥβη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:504" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:504/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyc.</span> 504 </a> (lyr.); also, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">youthful fire, spirit</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:6:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:6.48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 6.48 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">body of youth</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:512" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:512/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 512 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:733" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:733/canonical-url/"> 733 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:109" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:109/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 109 </a> (lyr.), etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the pubes</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epid.</span> 3.4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:976" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:976/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 976 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0513.tlg001:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0513.tlg001:37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theopomp.Com.</span> 37 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:493b:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:493b.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 493b3 </a>,al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> a kind of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">vine</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span></span>; Dor. <span class="foreign greek">ἇβαι</span> (pl.) v.l. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:109" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.109/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 5.109 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> pr.n., <span class="foreign greek">Ἥβη</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hebe</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.2 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:603" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.603/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 11.603 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:950" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:950/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 950 </a>; later allegorized as <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">goddess of youth.</span> (Cf. Lith. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">jėgà</span> \'power\'.)</div> </div><br><br>'}