Ancient Greek

Adjective

ἁβρός • ‎(habrós) m ‎(feminine ἁβρᾱ́, neuter ἁβρόν); first/second declension
OR, poetically:
ἁβρός • ‎(habrós) m, f ‎(neuter ἁβρόν); second declension

(chiefly poetry, never in old Epic, rare in early Prose)

1. (especially of the body) graceful, delicate, pretty
2. (of things) splendid
3. (of style) graceful, pretty
4. (frequently with a notion of disparagement) dainty, luxurious; hence, delicate (a common epithet of Asiatics)

Declension

Descendants

• Greek: αβρός ‎(avrós)

References

• 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 (© 2006–2016)
• 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.