hJbavw
hJbavw : Ep. opt. hJbwvoimi , part. hJbwvwn : f. -hvsw , Dor. -avsw »a<Eth>1/4 : aor. I h{bhsa : pf. h{bhka : ( h{bh ):— to be at mans estate, to be in the prime of youth, ajnh;r oujde; mavlÆ hJbw`n not even in the prime and pride of life, Hom. ; gunh; tevtorÆ hJbwvwsa ( sc. e[th ) i.e. being four years past puberty, Hes .; hJbw`n when I was young, Ar. ; oiJ hJbw`nte" the young, Id.:—of plants, hJmeri;" hJbwvwsa a young luxuriant vine, Od.
2.
metaph.
to be young,
ajei; ga;r hJba`/ toi`" gevrousin eu\ maqei`n
learning
is young
even for the old,
i.e. ’tis never too late to learn,
Aesch.
;
hJba`/ dh`mo"
the people
is like a young man,
Eur.
h{bh, {HBH
{HBH
,
Dor.
h{ba
, rarely
a{ba
,
hJ
,
manhood, youthful prime, youth,
Lat.
pubertas
,
nehnivh/ ajndri; ejoikwv", tou`per cariestavth h{bh
Od.;
h{bh" mevtron iJkevsqai
or
iJkavnein
=
hJbavskein
, Ib.
b.
youthful strength, vigour,
peirwvmeno" h{bh"
Il.;
h{bh/ pepoivqea
Od.
c.
legally,
h{bh
was
the time before manhood,
at Athens 16 years of age; at Sparta, 18, so that
ta; devka ajfÆ h{bh"
were men of 28,
ta; tettaravkonta ajfÆ h{bh"
men of 58, and so on,
Xen.
:
cf.
e[fhbo"
.
2.
metaph.
youthful cheer, merriment,
daito;" h{bh
Eur
.: also
youthful passion, fire, spirit,
Pind.
3.
a body of youth, the youth,
Lat.
juventus
,
Aesch.
II.
as femin. prop. n.,
{Hbh
,
HebeŒ,
daughter of Zeus and Hera, wife of Hercules,
Hom.
Hence
hJbhdovn
hJbhdovn
hJbhdovn , Adv. from the youth upwards, Hdt.
hJbhthvr
hJbhthvr , h`ro", oJ , = hJbhthv" , Anth.
hJbhthvrion
hJbhthvrion , tov , a place where young people meet, to eat and drink, exercise and amuse themselves, Plut. From hJbhthv"
hJbhthv"
hJbhthv" , ou` , ( hJbavw ) masc. Adj. youthful, at ones prime, h. Hom. , Eur.
hJbhtikov"
hJbhtikov" , hv, ovn , youthful, Lat. juvenilis , Xen.
hJbov"
hJbov" , hv, ovn , Dor. aJbov" , = hJbw`n , Theocr.
hJbulliavw
hJbulliavw , Comic Dim. of hJbavw , to be youngish, Ar.
hJbw`/mi
hJbw`/mi , opt. of hJbavw , Ep. hJbwvoimi , Att. hJbwv/hn .
hJbwvwn