ἡβάω
ἡβάω
ἥβη
to be at manʼs estate, to be in the prime of youth, ἀνὴρ οὐδὲ μάλʼ ἡβῶν not even in the prime and pride of life, Hom.; γυνὴ τέτορʼ ἡβώωσα (sc. ἔτη) i. e. being four years past puberty, Hes.; ἡβῶν when I was young, Ar.; οἱ ἡβῶντες the young, Ar.:—of plants, ἡμερὶς ἡβώωσα a young luxuriant vine, Od.
metaph. to be young, ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡβᾶι τοῖς γέρουσιν εὖ μαθεῖν learning is young even for the old, i. e. ʼtis never too late to learn, Aesch.; ἡβᾶι δῆμος the people is like a young man, Eur.