Ἡβάσκει
comes of age
Translated by Abram Ring27 May 2004Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he/she/it] is in peak condition.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἡβάσκει· ἀκμάζει.
Betacode
*(hba/skei: a)kma/zei.
Notes
- Compare eta 13 (and eta 19). The chief difference in
h(ba/w andh(ba/skw is that the latter is an inceptive verb while the former may show a simple state of being.
Same or similar entry in other lexica. This third person singular, present indicative active, has been taken since Nauck to be quoted from Euripides, Alcestis 1085 (web address 1); see also under alpha 1444.