ἁβρός
Appearance
See also: αβρός
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (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
[edit]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
[edit]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 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: |
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In poetry sometimes:
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 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 | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἁβροδίαιτος (habrodíaitos)
Descendants
[edit]- Greek: αβρός (avrós)
- → English: abrosexual
- → Translingual: Abronia
- → English: abronia
- → Translingual: Abrus
Further reading
[edit]- “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.