Ἁβραῖς
delicate
Translated by Anne Mahoney26 Aug 1998Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἁβραῖς· ἁπαλαῖς, τρυφεραῖς. Αἰλιανός· ἐπὶ κλίναις μάλα ἁβραῖς καὶ στρωμναῖς ὕφει τινὶ ὑπερηφάνῳ κεκοσμημέναις ἐπιθέντας.
Betacode
*(abrai=s: a(palai=s, truferai=s. *ai)liano/s: e)pi\ kli/nais ma/la a(brai=s kai\ strwmnai=s u(/fei tini\ u(perhfa/nw| kekosmhme/nais e)piqe/ntas.
Notes (2)
Linked from7 entries
- α70Ἁβρὰ βαίνωνwalking delicately[Meaning someone] being conceited, being indolent. "Walking truly delicately, that fellow seemed to be holding his eyebrows up in the air."
- α82Ἁβροδιαίτῃwith luxurious living[Meaning] with a soft and dainty life. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] habrodiaitos: a softy, a soft-liver. "The lifestyle of the Romans [is] not inclined toward soft-living, especially since they are…
- α86ἉβρόνdelicateIn Herodotus [sc. this means something] beautiful, stubborn, awe-inspiring, dainty.
- α87Ἁβρόςdelicate[Meaning] bright, delicate, tender. In the Epigrams: "a cicada sat above a cithara delicately murmuring." "All the same that fellow is dainty and delicate and weakened by the softness of his body and depraved and with…
- α89Ἁβροσύνηsplendor[Meaning] brightness.
- α98Ἄβρωνος βίοςAbron's life[sc. A proverbial phrase] In reference to those who live extravagantly; for Abron became rich among the Argives. Or also from the [adjective] habros ["delicate"]. Also [sc. attested is the adjective] Abroneios…
- δ75Δᾴςfirebrand, torch[Meaning a] lamp. "Bringing fire in torches and twigs smeared with pitch they set fire to the ship." And elsewhere: "[they] set half-beams cast upon the extremely soft couches and beds adorned with some sort of woven…
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Revision history8 revisions · last 27 Mar 2024
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- another x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- updated reference — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Modified translation, added keyword, set status — William Hutton
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- Translated — Anne Mahoney