graceful, delicate, pretty,
ἁβρός,ά,όν, poet. alsoός,όν:—
A. graceful, delicate, pretty,
παρθένος
Hes. Fr. 218
; παῖς, Ἔρως
Anacr. 17
, 65 ; ἄβραι Χάριτες
Sapph. 60
; esp. of the body,σῶμα, πούς,etc., Pi. O. 6.55 , E. Tr. 506 ; neut. pl., ἁβρὰ παρηίδος
Ph. 1486
; of women, A. Fr. 313 , S. Tr. 523 ;ἁ. ἄθυρμα,of a pet dog, IG 14.1647 (Lipara): of things,splendid,
στέφανος, κῦδος, πλοῦτος
Pi. I. 8.65
, O. 5.7 , P. 3.110 : of style,graceful, pretty,
λόγος
Hermog. Id. 2.5
; freq. with a notion of disparagement,dainty, luxurious; hence,ἁβρὰ παθεῖνlivedelicately,
Sol. 24.4 , Thgn. 474 ; a common epithet of Asiatics, Hdt. 1.71 , etc.; Ἰώνων ἁβρὸς . . ὄχλος
Antiph. 91
; Ἀγάθυρσοι -ότατοι ἀνδρῶν
Hdt. 4.104
.Adv.
ἁβρῶς, ψάλλειν
Anacr. 17
; ὑμνεῖν
Stesich. 37
;βαίνεινstepdelicately,
Sapph. 5 , E. Med. 831 : neut. sg. asAdv., ἁβρὸν βαίνοντες
E. Med. 1164
; neut. pl., ἁβρὰ γελᾶν
Anacreont. 41.3
, 42.5 : Comp.
ἁβροτέρως, ἔχειν
Hld. 1.17
.—Chiefly poet., never in old Ep. ; rare in early Prose, X. Smp. 4.44 , Pl. Smp. 204c , Clearch. 4 . [ᾰby nature, cf. E. Med. 1164 , Tr. 820 .]
