ἁβρός
See also: αβρός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ha.brós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)aˈbros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈβros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈvros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈvros/
Adjective
ἁβρός • (habrós) m (feminine ἁβρᾱ́, neuter ἁβρόν); first/second declension (chiefly poetry, never in old Epic, rare in early Prose)
- graceful, delicate, pretty (especially of the body)
- splendid (of things)
- graceful, pretty (of style)
- dainty, luxurious (frequently with a notion of disparagement); hence, delicate (a common epithet of Asiatics)
Declension
First and second declension of ἁβρός; ἁβρᾱ́; ἁβρόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἁβρός habrós | ἁβρᾱ́ habrā́ | ἁβρόν habrón | ἁβρώ habrṓ | ἁβρᾱ́ habrā́ | ἁβρώ habrṓ | ἁβροί habroí | ἁβραί habraí | ἁβρᾰ́ habrá | |||||
Genitive | ἁβροῦ habroû | ἁβρᾶς habrâs | ἁβροῦ habroû | ἁβροῖν habroîn | ἁβραῖν habraîn | ἁβροῖν habroîn | ἁβρῶν habrôn | ἁβρῶν habrôn | ἁβρῶν habrôn | |||||
Dative | ἁβρῷ habrôi | ἁβρᾷ habrâi | ἁβρῷ habrôi | ἁβροῖν habroîn | ἁβραῖν habraîn | ἁβροῖν habroîn | ἁβροῖς habroîs | ἁβραῖς habraîs | ἁβροῖς habroîs | |||||
Accusative | ἁβρόν habrón | ἁβρᾱ́ν habrā́n | ἁβρόν habrón | ἁβρώ habrṓ | ἁβρᾱ́ habrā́ | ἁβρώ habrṓ | ἁβρούς habroús | ἁβρᾱ́ς habrā́s | ἁβρᾰ́ habrá | |||||
Vocative | ἁβρέ habré | ἁβρᾱ́ habrā́ | ἁβρόν habrón | ἁβρώ habrṓ | ἁβρᾱ́ habrā́ | ἁβρώ habrṓ | ἁβροί habroí | ἁβραί habraí | ἁβρᾰ́ habrá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἁβρῶς habrôs | ἁβρότερος habróteros | ἁβρότᾰτος habrótatos | ||||||||||||
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In poetry sometimes:
Second declension of ἁβρός; ἁβρόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἁβρός habrós | ἁβρόν habrón | ἁβρώ habrṓ | ἁβρώ habrṓ | ἁβροί habroí | ἁβρᾰ́ habrá | ||||||||
Genitive | ἁβροῦ habroû | ἁβροῦ habroû | ἁβροῖν habroîn | ἁβροῖν habroîn | ἁβρῶν habrôn | ἁβρῶν habrôn | ||||||||
Dative | ἁβρῷ habrôi | ἁβρῷ habrôi | ἁβροῖν habroîn | ἁβροῖν habroîn | ἁβροῖς habroîs | ἁβροῖς habroîs | ||||||||
Accusative | ἁβρόν habrón | ἁβρόν habrón | ἁβρώ habrṓ | ἁβρώ habrṓ | ἁβρούς habroús | ἁβρᾰ́ habrá | ||||||||
Vocative | ἁβρέ habré | ἁβρόν habrón | ἁβρώ habrṓ | ἁβρώ habrṓ | ἁβροί habroí | ἁβρᾰ́ habrá | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἁβρῶς habrôs | ἁβρότερος habróteros | ἁβρότᾰτος habrótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἁβροδίαιτος (habrodíaitos)
Descendants
- Greek: αβρός (avrós)
- → English: abrosexual
- → Translingual: Abronia
- → English: abronia
- → Translingual: Abrus
Further reading
- “ἁβρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἁβρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἁβρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἁβρός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “ἁβρός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- dainty idem, page 193.
- delicate idem, page 207.
- exquisite idem, page 296.
- luxurious idem, page 506.
- pampered idem, page 590.
- sensual idem, page 753.
- soft idem, page 791.
- sumptuous idem, page 837.
- tender idem, page 861.
- voluptuous idem, page 957.