Ἁβρός
delicate
Translated by Anne Mahoney26 Aug 1998Vetting: high11 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] bright, delicate, tender.1
In the Epigrams: "a cicada sat above a cithara delicately murmuring."2
"All the same that fellow is dainty and delicate and weakened by the softness of his body and depraved and with his hair done up like the most licentious little courtesans. And when he goes in to see the king his face and his curly hair are always delicately dripping [with perfume], and he takes as much money from the communal circumstances as would satisfy even the legendary Midas."3
In the Epigrams: "a cicada sat above a cithara delicately murmuring."2
"All the same that fellow is dainty and delicate and weakened by the softness of his body and depraved and with his hair done up like the most licentious little courtesans. And when he goes in to see the king his face and his curly hair are always delicately dripping [with perfume], and he takes as much money from the communal circumstances as would satisfy even the legendary Midas."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἁβρός· λαμπρὸς, τρυφερὸς, ἁπαλός. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασιν· ἁβρὸν ἐπιτρύζων κιθάρας ὕπερ ἕζετο τέττιξ. ὅμως δὲ ὁ τρυφερὸς ἐκεῖνος καὶ ἁβρὸς καὶ ὑπὸ μαλακίας τοῦ σώματος κατεαγὼς καὶ λελυγισμένος καὶ τάς τε κόμας ἀναδούμενος, ὥσπερ αἱ τῶν ἑταιρίδων ἀσελγέστεραι, καὶ ἁβροσταγὲς ἔχων ἀεὶ τὸ μέτωπον καὶ τοὺς βοστρύχους, λαβὼν χρυσίον ἐκ τῶν κοινῶν συμφορῶν, ὅσον ἱκανὸν ἦν ἐμπλῆσαι καὶ τὸν ἐκ τοῦ μύθου Μίδαν, εἰσέρρει πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα.
Betacode
*(abro/s: lampro\s, trufero\s, a(palo/s. e)n *)epigra/mmasin: a(bro\n e)pitru/zwn kiqa/ras u(/per e(/zeto te/ttic. o(/mws de\ o( trufero\s e)kei=nos kai\ a(bro\s kai\ u(po\ malaki/as tou= sw/matos kateagw\s kai\ lelugisme/nos kai\ ta/s te ko/mas a)nadou/menos, w(/sper ai( tw=n e(tairi/dwn a)selge/sterai, kai\ a(brostage\s e)/xwn a)ei\ to\ me/twpon kai\ tou\s bostru/xous, labw\n xrusi/on e)k tw=n koinw=n sumforw=n, o(/son i(kano\n h)=n e)mplh=sai kai\ to\n e)k tou= mu/qou *mi/dan, ei)se/rrei pro\s to\n basile/a.
Notes (3)
- For this adjective see already alpha 70, alpha 73, and alpha 86, and again alpha 88.↩
- 1Same glossing in other lexica; references at Photius alpha55 Theodoridis. ↩
- 2Greek Anthology 6.54.7 (Paulus Silentiarius). Find further extracts from this epigram, in which a cicada sustains the note from a broken string, at alpha 2994, kappa 2368, lambda 73, pi 670, tau 877, and omega 28. ↩
- 3Attributed by Hemsterhuys to Eunapius; again (in part) at alpha 1860.
Linked from5 entries
- α86ἉβρόνdelicateIn Herodotus [sc. this means something] beautiful, stubborn, awe-inspiring, dainty.
- α89Ἁβροσύνηsplendor[Meaning] brightness.
- α91Ἁβρότερονmore delicately"But they behaved more delicately than them and were full of Sybaris."
- α1860Ἀναδούμενοςtied up"That man [is] delicate and pretty and weakened by softness of body and effeminate and has his hair tied up, just like the more wanton of the courtesans, and ever keeps his locks and his brow dripping with unguents."
- α2994Ἀπεκόμπασενsnapped offIn the Epigrams: "the string of the lyre gave a throaty crack and snapped off."
Neighbouring entries
Revision history11 revisions · last 29 Mar 2024
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- typo n.2, corrected cross-reference — Ronald Allen
- augmented n.2, added cross-references — Ronald Allen
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Modified translation, cosmetics, augmented note, set keywords and status — William Hutton
- Translated — Anne Mahoney