Ἡβᾷ
comes of age, is of age
Translated by Abram Ring27 May 2004Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he/she/it] is in peak condition,1 is vigorous.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἡβᾷ· ἀκμάζει, σφριγᾷ.
Betacode
*(hba=|: a)kma/zei, sfriga=|.
Notes (1)
- Same material, variously, in other lexica, and cf. Pollux 2.20. Latte on Hesychius eta10 claims the headword as quoted from Euripides, Orestes 696; Theodoridis on Photius, Lexicon eta5, adds the possibility of Aeschylus, Agamemnon 584.
h(ba/w is a verb formed fromh(/bh , which means "youth", "prime of life", or "the vigor of youth" (eta 16).