ἁβρός

See also: αβρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ha.brós/ → /aˈβros/ → /aˈvros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ha.brós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)aˈbros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈβros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈvros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈvros/

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Adjective

ἁβρός • (habrós) m (feminine ἁβρᾱ́, neuter ἁβρόν); first/second declension (chiefly poetry, never in old Epic, rare in early Prose)

1. graceful, delicate, pretty (especially of the body)
2. splendid (of things)
3. graceful, pretty (of style)
4. 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
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 habrắ
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 habrắ
Vocative		ἁβρέ habré	ἁβρᾱ́ habrā́	ἁβρόν habrón		ἁβρώ habrṓ	ἁβρᾱ́ habrā́	ἁβρώ habrṓ		ἁβροί habroí	ἁβραί habraí	ἁβρᾰ́ habrắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἁβρῶς habrôs				ἁβρότερος habróteros				ἁβρότᾰτος habrótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

In poetry sometimes:

Second declension of ἁβρός; ἁβρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἁβρός habrós	ἁβρόν habrón		ἁβρώ habrṓ	ἁβρώ habrṓ		ἁβροί habroí	ἁβρᾰ́ habrắ
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 habrắ
Vocative		ἁβρέ habré	ἁβρόν habrón		ἁβρώ habrṓ	ἁβρώ habrṓ		ἁβροί habroí	ἁβρᾰ́ habrắ
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἁβρῶς habrôs			ἁβρότερος habróteros			ἁβρότᾰτος habrótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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 (2006–2025)
• “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^[1], 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.